BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. B. Fossum. Case Study of Silvertip Tailings Storage Facility. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  blend  filter  impoundment  physical stability  predevelopment  tailings  waste rock 


  2. B. Murphy and T.D. Meintjes. Case Study of the KSM Tailings Storage Facility. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  desulphurize  impoundment  options analysis  physical stability  predevelopment  regulation  risk assessment  tailings  underwater 


  3. Meints C. and M. Aziz. Equity Mine - 25 Years of Closure. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  batch  closure  collection  construction material  discharge  drainage chemistry  dry cover  Equity  financial security  HDS  hydrology  impoundment  monitoring  physical stability  prediction  receiving environment  soil barrier  solid residue  tailings  treatment  underwater  waste rock 


  4. A. Witte and K. Patterson. Forward looking industry initiatives Aimed at Managing or Reducing Tailings Risk. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  guidelines  impoundment  monitoring  options analysis  physical stability  risk assessment  tailings 


  5. Robertson A. and S. Shaw. Geochemical and Physical Weathering of Acid Generating Rock - Implications for Long-Term Stability of Mine Slopes and Waste Dumps. Presented at the 2003 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  physical stability  prediction  waste rock 


  6. M. Limoges. Integration of Innovative Technologies at Some of the Agnico Eagle Tailings Storage Facilities. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Canadian Malartic  filter  impoundment  Laronde  Meliadine  physical stability  tailings  thicken 


  7. T. Desormeaux and A. Tong. Kemess South TSF ARD Management. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  cyclone  desulphurize  drainage chemistry  impoundment  physical stability  tailings  underwater  waste rock 


  8. D. Rainey. Management of the Tailings Storage Facility at the Abandoned Ketza River Gold Mine in Subarctic Yukon. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  arsenic  impoundment  physical stability  risk assessment  tailings  treatment  underwater  water management 


  9. Lepine T., J. Bieber, J. Huza and M. Julien. Meliadine Mine Filtered Tailings Storage Facility: Overview of Design, Construction and Performance. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  compact  drainage chemistry  erosion  filter  freezing  monitoring  options analysis  particle size  physical stability  prediction  wind-erosion 


  10. A. Witte , K. Patterson and L. Robertson. Overview of Tailings Facility Types and the Risks They Pose. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  filter  impoundment  options analysis  physical stability  risk assessment  slurry  tailings  thicken 


  11. S. Morse. Regulation of Tailings Storage Facilities in British Columbia - Changes Following the Mount Polley Failure and Consideration of Filtered Tailings Facilities. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  filter  guidelines  impoundment  options analysis  physical stability  regulation  tailings  thicken 


  12. Robertson L. and J. Durocher. The Influence of Geochemical Processes on Mine Waste Material Structure and Physical Stability. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  dam  physical stability  prediction  tailings  waste rock  weathering 


  13. Aubertin M., M. James, N. D’Anjou, C. Pednault, B. Bussière, T. Pabst, N. Pepin and M. Limoges. Waste Rock Inclusions to Improve the Performance of Tailings Impoundments: The Canadian Malartic Case Study. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Canadian Malartic  impoundment  physical stability  slurry  tailings  waste rock inclusions 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. A research project on the use of waste rock inclusions to improve the performance of tailings impoundments
    2. On the use of waste rock inclusions to improve the performance of tailings impoundments

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