BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Wickland B. and W. Wilson. Dry Stack Tailings – An Overview of Considerations for Geochemists. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  compact  dam  Eleonore  filter  gas  Greens Creek  hydrology  Karara  La Coipa  liner  weathering 

  2. Y. Gopalapillai and M. O'Kane. Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Metals in Mine Tailings. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  AP  climate  geology  hydrology  LCA  prediction  tailings  weathering 

  3. S. Day and J. Hendry. Nitrogen Forms, Leaching and Fate at Elk Valley Resources’ Coal Operations in the Elk Valley. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  blasting residue  drainage chemistry  mineralogy  mitigation  prediction  weathering 

  4. W. (Bill) Price. Overview of Performance, Risks and Requirements of ML/ARD Mitigation Measures for Tailings Storage Facilities - Part 2. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  collection  dry cover  guidelines  impoundment  mitigation  tailings  treatment  weathering 

  5. A. Zhang, J. Bain, A. Schmall, C.J. Ptacek and D.W. Blowes. Performance of a Composite Cover at Kam Kotia Mine, ON – Hydrology, Gas Transport, and Geochemistry. Presented at the 2023 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  capillary  cover  drainage chemistry  gas  GCL  hydrology  isotopes  mineralogy  tailings  weathering 

  6. G. Meiers, Z. Kenyon and P. Butsavage. Ridgeway Mine TMF Cover System Performance Assessment – Defining Performance Risks and Mitigation Measures. Presented at the 2023 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  climate change  cover  hydrology  liner  store and release  tailings  vegetation  weathering 

  7. 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 

  8. Skruch D., A. Boyer, S. Barabash and R.V. Nicholson. When is Water Treatment Not Forever? Exploring the Actual Availability of Sulphide and Carbonate Mineral Contents in Acid Generating Rock. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  AP  kinetic test  model  prediction  Treatment  waste rock  weathering 

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