A review on complex utilization of mine tailings: Recovery of …
Historically, safe containment has been the main goal of tailings management. Disposal has taken place in sizable surface impoundments that are enclosed by dams or embankments, as well as in subterranean workings and unnatural depressions [10], [11].However, the environment and communities are seriously endangered by the inappropriate management …
A review of circular economy strategies for mine tailings
The biggest waste streams both in metal value and in volume in mining are tailings, which create long-term environmental liabilities to the companies (Wang et al., 2014) due to the potential for acid rock drainage generation (Simate and Ndlovu, 2014) from sulphidic tailings.Instead of considering the tailings only as an environmental challenge, the tailings …
Mine tailings dams: Characteristics, failure, environmental impacts
The mining industry does, however, produce enormous volumes of waste. The amount of mine waste produced is of the same order of magnitude as that of fundamental Earth-shaping geological processes, some several thousand million tonnes per year (Fyfe, 1981, Förstner, 1999).The chief waste stream is tailings, which are often stored in impoundments …
The Tailings Center
About the Tailings Center, an industry/research consortium formed as a collaboration including Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University and the University of Arizona. The Center increases workforce capacity in tailings …
Mine Tailings: The Cornerstone of Safe Mining …
In this comprehensive guide, we delve into the intricacies of mine tailings, including what they are, how they're stored and managed, and the critical role of density management in ensuring the safe containment of these waste …
Socio-Environmental Risks Linked with Mine Tailings …
Typical particle size distribution curve and electronic microscope image of mine tailings. Mine tailings must be stored in a safe and controlled manner in a tailings storage facility where there is a containment dam and a reservoir area for the storage of these mining wastes [].In addition, it is important to highlight that the management of water that has come into contact with the mine ...
Tailings microbial community profile and prediction of its
The oldest mine tailings basin, Basin 1 (Fig. 1a) was used to store the mine tailings from the opening of the mine until the basin was full and thus closed, in 1985.
(PDF) Sustainable use of mine waste and tailings with …
Utilization of mine waste rocks and tailings in concrete as aggregates will help in sustainable and greener development. The literature shows the potential use of iron ore tailings as a ...
(PDF) Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Deep-sea …
Wor kshop on the Impact s of Mine Tailing s in the Marine. Environme nt, June 10-12, 2015, Lima, Peru, 83 pp. Kwong, Y. T. J. (2003). Com prehensive enviro nmental ore deposit.
Mine Tailing
Submarine and deep-sea mine tailing placements: A review of current practices, environmental issues, natural analogs and knowledge gaps in Norway and internationally. Eva Ramirez-Llodra, ... Ann Vanreusel, in Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015. Highlights • Management of mine tailings is a major environmental issue and economic burden. •
Recovery of critical materials from mine tailings: A …
Considering recent trends in mine tailing management and critical metals [1, 4], the investigation of REE potential in gem mining waste in Sri Lanka is crucial on two fronts, namely, value ...
Recovery of strategically important critical minerals from mine
The major processes associated with the resource recovery start with a carefully selection of mine sites with tailing storage facilities which have the potential to contain the minerals of interest. The initial selection of tailing storage facilities should be based on the historical records containing data on the type of ores mined and ...
Take two: why mine tailings are worth another look
On November 7, 2023, the US Geological Survey issued a press release announcing that it would invest US$2 million of Bipartisan funding with 14 states to study the potential for critical mineral resources in mine waste. The aim is to map locations of mine waste (i.e., tailings) and measure the potential for critical minerals that might exist there. ...
(PDF) Progress, Challenges, and Perspectives of Bioleaching …
The accumulation of mine tailings on Earth is a serious environmental challenge. The importance for the recovery of heavy metals, together with the economic benefits of precious and base metals ...
Tailings Management 101: An Introduction to One of Mining…
Mining companies are required to monitor TSFs on an ongoing basis. How Are TSFs Regulated? Regulation of TSFs depends on the operating jurisdiction, but is usually overseen by the country's environmental government agency. Companies are required to determine the composition of tailings before a mine starts operation, as part of the ...
The impacts of the Samarco mine tailing spill on the Rio …
The Rio Doce estuary was critically impacted in 2015 by the world's largest mining tailing spill, with still unclear long-term effects on the aquatic biota. Here we present a long-term (2015 to ...
Towards mine tailings valorization: Recovery of critical …
Tailing storage facilities (TSF), also called tailing deposits, are the source of most mining-related disasters (berger, 2016).Approaches to the handling and storage of mine tailings include riverine disposal, wetland retention, backfilling, dry stacking and storage behind damned impoundments (Kossoff et al., 2014).Mine tailings dam failures can have catastrophic …
Recent practices in mine tailings' recycling and reuse
For example, mine tailings production in Chile is 1.6 million tons per day and it is estimated that 17.7 million tons of mine tailings are being generated from South African gold mines [2], [3]. Mining activities in China affect 33,000 …
Mine Tailings: Management, Treatment & Environmental …
Tailing Dams. Tailing dams are a common method for storing tailings, involving the creation of large impoundments to contain tailings slurry. There are different construction methods for tailing dams, including upstream, downstream, and centerline: Upstream Dams: Less expensive but higher risk due to potential instability.
Use of copper mine tailing in concrete: strength …
The increasing use of copper and its allied materials across many industries is ramping up copper mining activities in many countries, and proper management and disposal of huge volumes of copper mine tailings arising thereof is a huge challenge. Sungun mine is the biggest open-cast copper mine in the northwest of Iran. Approximately 13.7 million tons of …
What are Tailings
Mine Tailings Storage: Safety is No Accident, United Nations Environment Programme, 2017, ISBN: 978-82-7701-170-7, Pages 20 – 21 Stability of Tailings Dams Focus on Numerical Modeling – 2011, Mechanical Properties of Fine Grained, Sulphur Rich, Silty Soils, Muhammad Auchar Zardari, 2010
CHAPTER II MINE TAILINGS 4 FACILITIES: OVERVIEW 3 2 …
This chapter provides an overview of mine tailings and mine tailings facilities. It illustrates why and how mine tailings are produced, and the complexity involved in the long-term storage and …
Clarifying Mine Tailings Meaning — Canadian Critical …
Importance of Tailings Management. Properly managing mine tailings is essential in the mining industry. Tailings management involves a set of practices to ensure the safe …
Utilization of high-volume mine tailing and by-products in …
This study was designed to investigate the hardened performance of the paste specimens produced using a composite binder with high volumes of mine tailings incorporating various by-products. Mine tailing and fly ash (FA) content was tested at 40%, 50%, and 60% of total paste volume, and tailing pastes were produced at w/b ratios of 0.12, 0.16, and 0.2. To …
(PDF) Recycling strategies of mine tailing, and its …
Mining is an important industry that provides products and services through infrastructure systems worldwide. However, the global development promotes the steady growth and accelerated demand for ...
Valorisation of mine waste -Part I: Characteristics of, and …
The development of a mine waste valorisation framework will hopefully enable worldwide reduction and reutilisation of mine waste. Criticality assessment of various CRMs as per EU's 2020 definition.
The Reprocessing and Revalorization of Critical Minerals in Mine
Mine tailings, the byproduct of mining and mineral processing, are increasingly mass produced as a result of increased demand for metals and minerals as well as the advancement in technology that allows for the exploitation of lower-grade ores. Lower grades can increase the volume of tailings that may contain new gangue minerals that should be …
Mine Tailing
Mine tailings (MT) are a residual material from mine operations and are mainly composed of finely-ground sand to silt-sized rock particles, water, and processing reagents used to extract …
Leaching of heavy metals from abandoned mine tailings …
The mine tailing samples were collected from the Yaoposhan polymetallic mine in northern Guangdong province (24°31′16″, 113°04′29″). Lead‑zinc ore is the main mineral resource in the mine region, which is a contact metasomatic skarn type deposit (Huang and Chen, 2009).
Assessment of Environmental Pollution and Risks Associated with Tailing
Mining is essential for societal development as it supplies essential raw materials for various industries. However, it can occasionally negatively impact ecosystems and populations [1,2,3,4,5,6].One of the main concerns associated with mining activities is the potential release of high-toxicity pollutants into the environment [7,8,9].Some potentially toxic elements (PTEs), …