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Spring 2023
Characterizing infiltration through acid generating waste rock is essential in addressing critical environmental issues attributed to mining activities. At it’s peak operation, Faro Mine in Yukon, Canada was one of the world’s largest lead and zinc mines, where 320 million tonnes of waste rock...
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Fall 2018
Soil cover systems are engineered barriers designed to isolate hazardous mine waste from climatic water and oxygen. Assessment of water flow at the interface between the atmosphere and the ground surface is paramount to successful cover design. For decades, cover systems were designed based on...
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Recycling mine waste to improve the acid resistance of cement-based composites for underground structures
DownloadFall 2020
Cement-based composites are widely used in underground structures for various applications, such as tunnel lining, mine backfilling, and grouting. However, cement-based composites are highly susceptible to attack by sulfuric acid that can be naturally generated around underground structures...
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Using Co-Disposal Techniques to Achieve Stable “Dry-Stacked” Tailings: Geotechnical Properties of Blended Waste Rock and Tailings in Oil Sands and Metal Mining
DownloadFall 2021
Mine “tailings”, waste produced by the extraction process, are most typically stored in impoundments behind dams which are often constructed from the tailings themselves. These structures pose a serious geotechnical risk and are difficult to successfully reclaim at the end of mining. As highly...