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. Isabel D., J. Cyr, A. Hebert and R. Maurice. Aldermac Mine Site Restoration. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Aldermac  amend lime  consolidate  dam  dry cover  elevated watetable  revegetation  settling pond  spill  tailings 

  3. Jennings S. and P. Castiglione. Applications of Soil Physics for Long-term Monitoring of Soil Water Content in Evapotranspiration Cover Systems in Montana; Case Studies and Equipment Evolution. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  Anaconda  ash  Colstrip  dry cover  monitoring  revegetation  soil barrier  store and release  tailings 

  4. Tisch B., G. Spiers, P. Beckett and A. Lock. Developing Agricultural Opportunities on Mine Tailings: The Green Mines Green Energy Initiative. Presented at the 2008 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend carbon  amend lime  revegetation  tailings 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Green Mines Green Energy: Establishing Productive Land on Mine Tailings
    2. Green Mines - Green Energy: Generating Green Energy on Tailings

  5. Blier A. and G. Amyot. Flooding as a Reclamation Solution to an Acidic Tailings Pond and Open Pit; More than 15 Years After. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  impoundment  pit  proprietary  Solbec  tailings  treatment  underwater  waste rock 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Flooding as a Reclamation Solution to an Acidic Tailings Pond, the Solbec Case. Cambior Inc. (1999).

  6. Fyfe J. and J. Martin. Innovative Closure Concepts for Xstrata Nickel Onaping Operations. Presented at the 2007 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  cyclone  dredge  impoundment  management  Onaping  slimes dry cover  tailings  treatment  underwater  waste rock 

  7. Dave N.. Performance of Denison Mine Tailings Management Areas (TMAs) Fifteen Years Following Decommissioning. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  barium  Denison  dry cover  elevated-watertable  Lower Williams Lake  NaOH  Stanrock  treatment  underwater  uranium 

  8. Murphy F.M., T.H. Higgs and M. Bratty. Performance of the Albino Sub-Aqueous Waste Disposal Facility at the Eskay Creek Mine. Presented at the 1999 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  Eskay Creek  exploration  ferric  model  natural lake  receiving environment  tailings  treatment  underwater  waste rock 

  9. McNee J., A. Martin, J. Crusius and E. Yanful. Post-Closure Metal Mobility in Subaqueous Tailings Deposits. Presented at the 2001 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  Elliot Lake  Equity  impoundment  radium  revegation  solid residue  tailings  underwater  uranium 

  10. Schofield I., B. Cinton, K. Payne, P. Brown, M. Logsdon, M. Wickman and J. Waples. Progress in Remediating ARD-Contaminated Groundwater at Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah, USA. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  Bingham Canyon  collection  HDS  heap leach  regulation  reverse osmosis  tailings  treatment  waste rock 

  11. Shaw S., J. Misiewicz, L. Gutierrez and L.A. Sanchez. The Geochemical Field Barrel Program, Cerro Corona Mine. Presented at the 2013 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  Cerro Corona  drainage chemistry  kinetic test  neutral pH  PAG  segregation  waste rock 

  12. Guerin F. and J. Rowson. Uranium Tailings Management at AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Part 1: Design Confirmation and Geochemical Observations from the McClean Lake Operation in Northern Saskatchewan. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend barium  amend ferric  amend lime  arsenic  backfill  Jeb  McClean Lake  pervious surround  pit  prediction  tailings  underwater  uranium 

  13. Guerin F., N. Banton, J. Mahoney and G. Newman. Uranium Tailings Managements at AREVA Resources Canada Inc. Part 2: The Kiggavik Project in Nunavut. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend barium  amend ferric  amend lime  backfill  climate change  dry cover  freezing  Kiggavik  pit  prediction  tailings  underwater  uranium 

  14. Hockley D.. Wismut Project - Update. Presented at the 1996 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend lime  backfill  dry cover  prediction  waste rock  Wismut 

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