[PDF] The development and design of thickened tailings …

The development of the thickened tailings disposal technique presents a new paradigm in tailings disposal. It results in a total revision of the risk profile of a tailings storage facility (TSF), and may provide significant savings in both cost and water consumption. The method was developed by Robinsky (1975), who identified that thickening the tailings stream would create a non …

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Tailings.info Kidd Creek Met Site

The Kidd Creek thickened disposal site currently stores >100 million tonnes of base metal sulphide tailings and by the time the site is expected to close in 2023 >130 million tonnes will be stored. The flotation tailings and jarosite waste are …

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Paste and Thickened Tailings Transportation Design …

Tailings transport is an integrated element in any wet tailings storage facility (TSF). Tailings from the process plant are often thickened to a moderate or relatively high (but still pumpable) solids concentration, depending on several parameters mainly the TSF deposition requirements and strategies, process plant water security status and the dewatering …

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Thickened Tailings Deposition For Closure | SRK Consulting

The use of thickened tailings can result in a shorter delay between the end of operations and the start of cover placement, which means less time and cost expended in overall closure of the mine. In addition, the strategic placement of thickened tailings can increase the storage capacity in the TSF, which could potentially reduce further ...

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Development and Implementation of Thickened …

A detailed chronology of the assessment of thickened tailings through a number of deposition trials is provided below: Pre June 2000Tailings was pumped to old tailings storage facility in purely conventional manner. Tailings deposited at a density of approximately 55%. Flotation density was around 50% hence tailings dewatering

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Deposition Methods of Tailings

For surface thickened and paste storage the tailings are generally discharged from a central location either through risers or from point sources that are raised over the life of the facility. Dry stacking of tailings is normally carried out by a …

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[PDF] Stability considerations for thickened tailings due to …

Less water and steeper beach slopes in tailings impoundments are two major advantages behind the decision of applying paste and thickened tailings technologies. The potential need for embankments with less height supporting the tailings impoundment is an example for using thickening systems. The use of this technology in cold regions with its benefits and …

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Paste and Thickened Tailings and the Impact on the …

For thickened tailings disposal, dry stacking and paste fill, the rheology must be well understood to ensure maximum efficiency of the entire disposal operation. The paper presents the disposal of bauxite residue (red mud) as a case study and outlines alternative and simplified methods of rheological characterisation. The effect of both shear ...

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The geomechanics of thickened and paste tailings

In general, for thickened tailings, testing should be undertaken using sample sizes that will result in a layer thickness that reflects site practice (a range of 30 to 60 mm would be typical). Similarly, the initial slurry density should reflect the expected solids concentration of the thickener underflow.

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Tailings.info Beach Slope Prediction Methods

Historically, with conventional low thickened tailings deposition, beach slopes could be expected to be in a typical range of 0.2 – 1.5% which can be managed, to some extent, if variations occur during the operational stage. However, today, where water conservation is becoming more prominent, the need to reduce losses through seepage ...

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Accelerating the Consolidation of Thickened Tailings Using …

The depositing of thickened fluid fine tailings (FFT), which the industry has relied upon to develop geotechnically stable dry landscapes, has not materialised due to the low hydraulic conductivity of such placements. The addition of sand to thickened FFT is proposed to accelerate the consolidation of thickened FFT in a co-disposal scheme, and ...

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Surface Tailings Management & Thickened Tailings …

Efficient and effective management of conventional and thickened tailings disposal is critical. Considering the pressure from varying project constraints such as increasing environmental risks, water scarcity, permitting complexity, government regulations and community engagement challenges resulting from past failures.

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Rheological properties and concentration evolution of thickened …

Cemented paste backfill (CPB) is a key technology for green mining in metal mines, in which tailings thickening comprises the primary link of CPB technology. However, difficult flocculation and substandard concentrations of thickened tailings often occur. The rheological properties and concentration evolution in the thickened tailings remain unclear. Moreover, …

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Dry Stack Tailings: An Alternative to Conventional

Dry stack tailings management is becoming a more accepted practice due to the recurrent disasters seen with older, non-thickened and even more conventional thickened tailings storage facilities. The tragic loss of human life and significant environmental and physical damage to large tracks of land and communities are accelerating the ...

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Tailings Paste Disposal – More than Water Recovery

When water is expensive or scarce, water savings can more than pay for the cost of thickened tailings. Stacking. Surface stacking is the disposal of tailings as a paste on the surface of the ground. As paste is a non-settling, non-segregating suspension of solids, minimal water is released into the impoundment and the paste dries relatively ...

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Thickeners or thickener plants

When considering a thickened tailings solution, there is the question of whether the technology to thicken tailings should be located in the thickener as a piece of equipment, or whether a complete solution is required to achieve the best performance. We typically view the components required to thicken tailings in isolation rather than ...

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