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2003
Fines, P., Wilson, G. W., Landrialt, D., Langetine, L., Hulett, L.
Engineered soil covers are used for final closure options for both waste rock and tailings disposal facilities. Currently, cover construction requires excavation of appropriate cover material from a nearby site. If no suitable materials are available, the mine operation may have to ship...
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2003
Fines, P., Wilson, G. W., Williams, D. J., Tran, A. B., Miller, S.
A comprehensive field program was implemented to evaluate the internal structure and hydrology of two full-scale waste rock piles. The excavation of waste rock dumps for in-pit disposal at the two mine sites provided an opportunity to characterise the in situ properties of the dumps given...
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2003
Tran, A. B., Miller, S., Williams, D. J., Fines, P., Wilson, G. W.
This paper presents the results and findings of geochemical and mineralogical testwork conducted on samples collected from waste rock dumps at two mine sites, located in South Carolina, USA (Site 1) and Sudbury Ontario, Canada (Site 2). Important aspects of the relationship between the physical...