Yesterday we walked in the forest behind the town house. The sun shone through the trees and the boys ran with glee along the bright paths. Their father stayed on the dock vainly fishing. The picture shows some of the fun. (more…)
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Lost in the Woods: Eagle Mine Superfund Site
Posted in Mining history, Oil sands, Software, Tailings, tagged cover, eagle mine, FLAC, pond 5, soft tailings, Suncor, superfund, Tailings on June 23, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Geosynthetics in Covers Over Soft Mine Tailings: Mine Closure or Access to Groundwater
Posted in Oil sands, Reclamation, Software, Tailings, brandy, tagged analysis, covers, ERCB, Directive 74, geosynthetics, soft tailings, access roads, FLAC, PLEXIS, desing on January 16, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Geosynthetics have been used in constructing covers and access roads over soft tailings at the Cannon Mine, Wenatchee, at impoundments at Wismut, and most recently at Pond 5 at the Suncor oil sands tailings mine in Alberta. We are currently evaluating similar technical procedures for a mine in Chile where we will build access roads over the soft tailings to enable big rigs to go to install deep wells to recover groundwater from beneath the impoundment to augment water supplies in a desert. (more…)
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