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2003
Weber, P., Stewart, W., Skinner, W., Smart, R., Thomas, J.
The acid neutralisation capacity (ANC) of rock sample containing significant iron carbonates and/or reactive framboidal pyrite can be a difficult parameter to determine. Results indicated that negative ANC results can occur if reactive sulfide minerals are present; and an over-estimation of ANC...
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2003
van Tonder, G., Vermeulen, D., Cogho, V., Kleynhans, J.
A number of rehabilitated open cast coalmines in SA are already decanting. The paper focuses on the situation at one of these mines where the following information exist: monthly decant rates and rainfall; sulfate concentrations of the decanting water; water level measurements inside the mine...
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Spring 2022
Livestock metabolomics is an emerging field of metabolomics that is growing at a fast rate. The ability to rapidly detect and quantify hundreds or even thousands of metabolites within a single sample is helping livestock scientists paint a far more complete picture of animal metabolism and...
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2003
Boliden’s Aitik mine, located 100 km north of the Arctic Circle in northern Sweden, is one of Europe’s largest copper mines. This operation produces 18 Mt of ore per year and 99 per cent of this tonnage needs to be deposited as tailings. The tailings pond currently covers 1140 ha but at closure...
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2003
Williams, D. J., Currey, N. A., Ritchie, P., Wilson, G. W.
The design and rehabilitation of potentially acid forming (PAF) waste rock dumps is site specific, being a function, among other factors, of the rock types, the dumping and storage method employed, and the climatic setting. The ‘store and release’ cover system developed to manage acid rock...
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2003
Williams, B., Neivandt, R., O’Kane, M., Browne, D., White, C.
Newmont Australia is the operator of the Mt Leyshon mine near Charters Towers, Queensland. Mt Leyshon is an open cut gold mine, which processed on average 5.0 Mt of ore and produced up to 250 000 ounces of gold per year. Mining was completed in early-2001, followed by treatment of low-grade ore...
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2003
Hershey, R. L., Papelis, C., Decker, D. L., Miller, G. C.
Arsenic, often associated with precious metals ore deposits, is a major contaminant released during large-scale gold mining. Because of the complex oxidation/reduction and sorption behaviour of As, prediction of the long-term mobility of As in pit lakes is uncertain. The behaviour of As in pit...
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2003
Thienenkamp, M., Lottermoser, B. G.
The placement of sulfidic waste below the groundwater table ensures limited interaction with the hydrosphere and suppression of sulfide oxidation. However, if sulfidic waste is placed above the groundwater table and remains uncovered, the backfill becomes part of the unsaturated zone and is...
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Fall 2023
Of all the capabilities of natural intelligence, one of the most exceptional is the ability to expand upon and refine knowledge of the world through subjective experience. Therefore, a longstanding goal of Artificial Intelligence has been to replicate this success: to enable artificial agents to...
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2003
Limnological processes are often overlooked when trying to assess the long-term water quality of pit lakes. It is essential to deal with these aspects, since they determine the geochemical and redox conditions around the submerged reactive rocks. Underground mining at East Sullivan (northwestern...