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RGC: Mine Waste Management Services Page
Mine Waste Management
Mine waste management services are provided to address the ever increasing requirements
for such wastes to be place in stable structures, prevented from yielding contaminated drainage
and to allow their long term reclamation to land-use criteria suitable for mine closure and
sustainability post closure.
Services include:
- investigation of foundation conditions for stability of, and
hydrogeologic conditions under, proposed dumps and tailings dams
- future waste rock and tailings materials testing and
characterization to determine strength, teaching and acid
generating potential characteristics
- investigation and characterization of existing rock waste
deposits to determine existing and potential conditions of stability,
contaminants leaking and acid generation
- alternative management systems and layouts evaluations to
optimize waste disposal costs while achieving physical and
chemical conditions required for environmental protection
- design of control and remediation measures required for
environmental protection and mine closure
- alternative assessments for site selection and closure of mine waste facilities
Examples of typical projects include:
Draft Acid Mine Rock Drainage Guidelines
Faro, Vangorda, Grum Mine Complex
Norwegian Mines
Wismut Mines
Island Copper Mine, British
Columbia
Questa Mine, New Mexico
Pogo Project, Alaska
Agua Rica, Argentina
Warrego Tailings Impoundment,
Australia
Woodcutter's Mine, Australia
Lupin Mine, Northwest Territories
Gilt Edge Mine, South Dakota
Zortman and Landusky
Reclamation Project, Montana
Arctic Project, Alaska
Grasberg Mine
RGC Publication Database - Mine Waste Management
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