BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Ayres B., L. Lanteigne and M. O'Kane. A Review of Performance of the Whistle Mine Backfilled Pit Cover System - Four Years After Construction. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  backfill  dry cover  model  pit  soil barrier  treatment  waste rock  Whistle 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Closure Planning and Implementation at CVRD Inco's Whistle Mine, Ontario, Canada

  2. Ayres B.. Closure Planning and Implementation at Vale Inco’s Whistle Mine. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  dry cover  monitoring  pit  soil barrier  waste rock  Whistle 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Closure Planning and Implementation at CVRD Inco’s Whistle Mine, Ontario, Canada

  3. Ayres B.. Design, Construction, and Performance Monitoring of Cover Systems for Waste Rock and Tailings. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  climate  dry cover  monitoring  soil barrier  water management  Whistle 


  4. Tran A.B., P. Fines, S. Miller, D. Williams and W. Wilson. Hydrological & Geochemical Characterization of Two Full-Scale Waste Rock Piles. Presented at the 2003 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  hydrology  model  NAG  PAG  particle size  prediction  Ridgeway  waste rock  Whistle 


  5. Smith Q. and L. Lanteigne. Selection and Implementation of a Dry Cover System at Whistle Open Pit Mine. Presented at the 2004 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  bentonite cover  dry cover  GCL  model  options analysis  pit  soil barrier  waste rock  Whistle 


  6. De Vos K.. Whistle Waste Rock Pile Monitoring. Presented at the 1996 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  gas  monitoring  prediction  temperature  waste rock  Whistle 


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