Tailings and Mine Waste '08

Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 10
Organization......Page 12
Keynote paper......Page 14
Future tailings management strategies - High time we took the high road......Page 16
Design, operation, and disposal......Page 28
Simple mine waste management planning for successful operations in the Canadian low arctic......Page 30
James Creek Tailings Facility relocation for the gold quarry open pit expansion......Page 38
Heat and mass balance modeling of a subaqueous tailings disposal facility......Page 48
Water chemistry and metal cycling in a subaqueous tailings disposal facility......Page 62
Heap leach lixiviant flow—myth versus reality......Page 76
Challenges in heap leach pad design: Consideration of thermal conditions......Page 86
Innovative mine waste disposal in two distinctly different settings......Page 96
Pipeline design for paste and thickened tailings systems......Page 108
Efficient dewatering solutions on vibrating screens......Page 114
High pressure washing technology Hydro-Clean......Page 126
Remote monitoring of a high hazard coal waste impoundment in mountainous terrain case study......Page 138
Geotechnical considerations......Page 150
Experimental characterization of the influence of curing under stress on the hydromechanical and geochemical properties of cemented paste backfill......Page 152
Guidelines for stabilizing historic mine workings......Page 166
Landscape design for soft tailings deposits......Page 178
Liners, covers, and barriers......Page 188
Liner system design for tailings impoundments and heap leach pads......Page 190
Evaluation of geomembrane puncture potential and hydraulic performance in mining applications......Page 202
Field performance of cover systems......Page 212
Capping the tailings impoundment at the Jamestown Mine......Page 220
Water management and geochemistry......Page 232
Applying numerical hydrogeochemical models as decision support tools for mine closure planning......Page 234
Arsenic species & its binding forms in tailing sediments......Page 246
Geochemical characterization of proposed waste dumps over time and space......Page 256
Stochastic prediction of mine site water balance, Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site, Lawrence County, South Dakota......Page 266
Using water balance tools for site design, operation and expansion management......Page 278
Desiccation and Rheology in cyclic surface deposition of gold paste tailings......Page 282
Remediation and reclamation......Page 292
Past, present and future for treating selenium-impacted water......Page 294
Reclamation and closure cost planning and estimation and the mining life cycle......Page 304
Policies, procedures, and public safety......Page 316
Uranium tailings facility design and permitting in the modern regulatory environment......Page 318
Tailings structure closure for economic development in Ghana......Page 328
Lessons learned from tabletop reviews of emergency action plans for high hazard dams in West Virginia, USA......Page 338
Working for responsible management of tailings facilities......Page 350
Developments in the safety and security of mining industry dams......Page 358
Life cycle assessment and tailings management trade-off studies—concepts......Page 368
Case histories......Page 372
Tailings closure at BHPBilliton\'s San Manuel operation design and closure construction San Manuel, Arizona......Page 374
Case study: Site-wide water balance of the Pierina Gold Mine, Peru......Page 382
Reclamation of the Panna Maria uranium mill site and tailings impoundment: A 2008 update......Page 394
Mining impacts: A case study......Page 406
Design & construction of an evaporation pond at a historic uranium mining facility......Page 414
Gold quarry North Waste Rock Facility slide investigation and stabilization......Page 422
An overview of the Grouse Creek Mine tailings impoundment closure......Page 436
Stabilized upstream tailings dam and converted into a filtered tailings facility......Page 450
Author index......Page 462