Tailiings & Mine Waste ’08 Redux
The conference on Tailings & Mine Waste ’08 is done. Two days of technical papers lead one to identify these changes in the theory and practice of mine waste in the thirty years the conference has...
View ArticleGeosynthetics in Covers Over Soft Mine Tailings: Mine Closure or Access to...
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...
View ArticleCover Technology in Mining: Wismut to Suncor’s Pond 5
Clap! The sound a big volume of mining proceedings made when it landed on my desk this morning. Dropped from on high, this volume is the collection of technical papers from an International Symposium...
View ArticleThe Best Mine Waste Cover is No Cover. Cold Climate Ruminations
It is snowing in Vancouver. Nothing sticking to the roads, but the trees are white and beautiful. Nothing much to do outside or inside for that matter, so just a few thoughts on mine waste disposal...
View ArticleTailings and Mine Waste 2014 PowerPoint Now Available
The PowerPoints of presentations from the Tailings and Mine Waste Conference in Keystone are now available. At least the PowerPoints of those authors who gave permission. See this link. They are all...
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