Field study of the chemical and physical stability of highly sulphide-rich tailings stored under a shallow water cover

AS Awoh, M Mbonimpa… - Mine Water and the …, 2013 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Highly sulfide-rich (approximately 83% pyrite), potentially acid-generating mine
tailings were sub-aqueously deposited in the Don Rouyn old quarry pit from 1997 to 2000 …

[PDF][PDF] Spatial water quality distribution in the water cover used to limit acid mine drainage generation at the Don Rouyn site (QC, Canada)

M Mbonimpa, AS Awoh, V Beaud… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - academia.edu
ABSTRACT Highly sulphidic (approximately 85% pyrite) and potentially acid generating
mine tailings were subaqueously deposited into the old Don Rouyn quarry pit between 1997 …

Geochemical behaviour of submerged pyrite-rich tailings in Canadian lakes

TF Pedersen, JJ McNee, DH Flather, B Mueller… - Acidic Mining Lakes …, 1998 - Springer
Sulphide-rich mine tailings have been discharged to marine and lacustrine waters in many
parts of the world for centuries, often with little regard for potential long-term chemical …

Geochemical changes in sulfidic mine tailings stored under a shallow water cover

B Vigneault, PGC Campbell, A Tessier, R De Vitre - Water research, 2001 - Elsevier
The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of an engineered shallow water
cover in reducing the oxidation of sulfidic mine tailings and thus preventing the development …

Mining and water pollution

H Tutu - Water quality monitoring and assessment, 2012 - books.google.com
Residual sulphide minerals, especially pyrite, in the tailings dumps are unstable when
exposed to atmospheric oxygen and undergo oxidation resulting in the generation of acid …

Reactive transport modelling of mine tailings columns with capillarity-induced high water saturation for preventing sulfide oxidation

M Ouangrawa, J Molson, M Aubertin, B Bussière… - Applied …, 2009 - Elsevier
A series of laboratory column tests on reactive mine tailings was numerically simulated to
study the effect of high water saturation on preventing sulfide mineral oxidation and acid …

[引用][C] Understanding the long-term seepage geochemistry of base metal mine tailings in a semiarid subtropical climate, Mount Isa, Australia

BA Forsyth - 2014 - espace.library.uq.edu.au
Tailings typically account for 95 to 99% of the originally processed ore at base metal mine
sites and hence represent a significant waste management challenge for the mining …

Geochemical characterisation of seepage and drainage water quality from two sulphide mine tailings impoundments: acid mine drainage versus neutral mine …

PM Heikkinen, ML Räisänen, RH Johnson - Mine Water and the …, 2009 - Springer
Seepage water and drainage water geochemistry (pH, EC, O 2, redox, alkalinity, dissolved
cations and trace metals, major anions, total element concentrations) were studied at two …

An investigation of heterogeneity and the impact of acidic regions on bulk effluent from a deconstructed low sulfide waste-rock pile

C Atherton - 2017 - uwspace.uwaterloo.ca
Waste rock is a potential source of low quality drainage resulting from oxidation of naturally
occurring sulfide minerals. Sulfide oxidation may result in the generation of effluent with …

Geochemical characteristics of rehabilitated tailings and associated seepages at Kidston gold mine, Queensland, Australia

M Edraki, T Baumgartl, D Mulligan… - … Journal of Mining …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigated an uncapped tailings storage facility in a semi-arid subtropical
climate, with the aim of understanding the hydro-geochemical processes controlling the …