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Tailings and Mine Waste 2002

ABSTRACT

The proceedings in this work present 60 papers on mine and mill tailings and mine waste, as well as current and future issues facing the mining and environmental communities. This includes matters dealing with technical capabilities and developments, regulations, and environmental concerns.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |24 pages

Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center

chapter |6 pages

Remediation of mine waste sites through the Rocky Mountain Regional Hazardous Substance Research Center (RMRHSRC)

chapter |4 pages

Mining and the environment: The issues that steer the Region 8 Hazardous Substance Research Center

chapter |4 pages

Redox transformations, complexation and soil/sediment interactions of inorganic forms of As and Se in aquatic environments: Effects of natural organic matter

chapter |4 pages

Fate and transport of metals and sediment in surface waters

chapter |2 pages

Metal removal capabilities of passive bioreactor systems: Effects of organic matter and microbial population dynamics

chapter |2 pages

Evaluating recovery of stream ecosystems from mining pollution: Integrating biochemical, population, community and ecosystem indicators

part |60 pages

Site characterization

chapter |8 pages

Abandoned quarries surveying

chapter |4 pages

The effectiveness of single and multiple open standpipe piezometers in monitoring of the pore pressure regime in tailings dams

chapter |6 pages

Monitoring of soil, air, water, and noise at the Lega Dembi Gold Mine

chapter |8 pages

Variations in composition on SA gold tailings dams

chapter |14 pages

Preliminary ecological risk assessment for the Elizabeth Mine site, South Strafford, Vermont

chapter |8 pages

Impact of acid rock drainage in a discrete catchment area of the former uranium mining site of Ronneburg (Germany)

chapter |10 pages

Hydrochemical investigation at the uranium tailings “Schneckenstein” (Germany)

part |26 pages

Design, operation, and disposal

chapter |6 pages

Tailings beach slope forecasting – copper tailings

chapter |8 pages

Quebrada Honda tailing storage facility conception, design, construction, and operation, Southern Peru Copper Corporation, Tacna, Peru

chapter |10 pages

Retrofitting an HDPE-lined raise over an unlined tailing facility

part |16 pages

Geotechnical considerations

chapter |8 pages

Advanced laboratory compression tests and piezocone measurements for evaluation of time-dependent consolidation of fine tailings

chapter |6 pages

Prediction of the desiccation and sedimentation behavior of a typical platinum tailings

part |34 pages

Paste technology

chapter |10 pages

Planning, design and implementation strategy for thickened tailings and pastes

chapter |10 pages

Effects of settlement and drainage on strength development within mine paste backfill

chapter |6 pages

Use of copper mine tailings as paste backfill material in mining operations – Approach to minimise land occupation?

chapter |6 pages

Pumping paste with a modified centrifugal pump

part |18 pages

Liners, covers, and barriers

chapter |10 pages

Construction and instrumentation of waste rock test covers at Whistle Mine, Ontario, Canada

chapter |6 pages

Field investigation to support the closure design of the Yankee Heap

part |16 pages

Surface water quality

chapter |8 pages

Turnover in pit lakes: L Observations of three pit lakes in Utah, USA

chapter |6 pages

Turnover in pit lakes: II. Water column stability and anoxia

part |48 pages

Groundwater and geochemistry

chapter |8 pages

Long term persistence of cyanide species in mine waste environments

chapter |8 pages

Stabilization / solidification of pyritic mill tailings by induced cementation

chapter |4 pages

The removal of arsenic from groundwater using permeable reactive materials

chapter |14 pages

Estimation of the mobility of heavy metals in tailing sediments

chapter |12 pages

Uranium tailings of “Schneckenstein” (Germany) reservoir of contaminants

part |50 pages

Remediation and reclamation

chapter |4 pages

Abandoned mine site waste repositories, site selection, design and costs

chapter |2 pages

In situ bioremediation of uranium and other metals in groundwater

chapter |12 pages

In situ treatment of metals in mine workings and materials

chapter |8 pages

Response of plants to oil sand tailings

chapter |12 pages

Column leaching test to evaluate the beneficial use of alkaline industrial wastes to mitigate acid mine drainage

chapter |10 pages

Spatial surface flux boundary model for tailings impoundments

part |30 pages

Radioactivity and risk

chapter |8 pages

The benefits of the risk assessment to the mining industry

chapter |10 pages

Mobility tracing of radionuclides in the uranium tailings “Schneckenstein” (Germany)

chapter |10 pages

Radioactive tailings issues in Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan

part |8 pages

Reprocessing, utilization, and treatment

chapter |6 pages

A brief discussion of the behavior of a loose iron tailing material under undrained triaxial loading

part |40 pages

New technologies and approaches

chapter |6 pages

Solar radiation on surfaces of tailings dams – effects of slope and orientation

chapter |10 pages

Stabilization of uranium in pitwaters using phosphate and coal tailings

chapter |2 pages

The tailings pond at the Milltown Dam, Montana, can be cleaned

chapter |6 pages

Consolidation of clay slurries amended with shredded waste plastic

chapter |4 pages

The use of the powder marble by-product in the raw material for brick ceramic

chapter |4 pages

Researches concerning the Purolite assimilation for use within the uranium separation-concentration Resin In Pulp process

chapter |6 pages

Cu(II) separation and recovery from mining aqueous systems by flotation (DAF) using alkylhydroxamic collectors

part |148 pages

Case histories

chapter |6 pages

Pozo Azul tailings impoundment: Design modifications made to utilize a difficult site

chapter |8 pages

Performance of the Kennecott Utah Copper tailings embankment, Magna, Utah

chapter |6 pages

Performance of vertical wick drains at the Atlas Moab Uranium Mill tailings facility after 1 year

chapter |10 pages

Steep Rock Iron Mines: Dredging and draining of Steep Rock Lake and some of the effects after 45 years

chapter |8 pages

Community consultation in the rehabilitation of the South Alligator Valley Uranium Mines

chapter |10 pages

Remediation of streamside tailings along Silver Bow Creek near Butte, Montana

chapter |6 pages

A rapid response to cleanup – Gilt Edge Superfund Site, South Dakota

chapter |8 pages

A “no action” alternative that worked

chapter |12 pages

Mercury spill response, clean-up, and assessment, Choropampa, Peru

chapter |12 pages

Physical and geochemical characterization of mine rock piles at the questa mine, New Mexico: An overview

chapter |10 pages

Assessment of store-and-release cover for Questa tailings facility, New Mexico

chapter |10 pages

Factors influencing net infiltration into mine rock piles at Questa mine New Mexico

chapter |10 pages

ARD production and water vapor transport at the Questa mine

chapter |6 pages

Selection of a water balance cover over a barrier cap – a case study of the reclamation of the Mineral Hill Mine dry tailings facility

chapter |10 pages

Hard rock mine closure under modem rules – TVX Mineral Hill Mine case study

chapter |14 pages

Evaluation of alternative designs for a water-balance cover over tailings at the Mineral Hill Mine, Montana, using the EDYS model