Could mining really be this easy? Cut the ore from the earth like a steady-handed surgeon, and then mend the wound with the salvaged skin of overburden and gangue. Surely we are not so lucky – we’ve forgotten the tailings – what to do about those pesky tailings? (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘thickened’
Cut and Paste Mining
Posted in environmental, mining, Tailings, tagged mining, paste, Reclamation, Robinsky, Tailings, thickened on March 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
What’s in a Name? – Thickened vs. Paste Mine Tailings
Posted in communication, environmental, mining, Tailings, tagged mining, paste, processing, rheology, Tailings, thickened on March 22, 2012 | 1 Comment »
With the Paste 2012 conference on mine tailings just a few weeks away in Sun City, I’ve pinched this title from a question posed at the 2008 conference in the paper Surface disposal of paste and thickened tailings – A brief history and current confronting issues. So thank you to the authors (M. Williams, K. Seddon, and T. Fitton) for putting that insightful paper together. (more…)
Stacked Against All Odds – Mine Tailings Stacks
Posted in environmental, Geotechnical, mining, Open Pit, Tailings, Underground, tagged mining, paste, stacks, Tailings, thickened on March 20, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The night is waning into dawn, and the air is thick with smoke and desperate moves. The mine mill is still churning off in the distance. The odds are against you – what to do? (more…)
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