The first conference in the series was on Uranium Mill Tailings Management and was held in 1978. It was organized by the Geotechnical Engineering Program of the Civil Engineering Department of Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. The organizing committee consisted of John Nelson, Thomas Shepherd, Steven Abt, Wayne Charlie, and John Welsh. The series of conferences on uranium mill tailings continued through 1985. The nine volumes of proceedings were published totaling some 3,700 pages. By 1984, the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project was well underway. The development of new uranium mines had declined and interest in uranium tailings was no longer wide-spread. Thus in 1984 and 1985, the conference title was expanded to Management of Uranium Mill Tailings, Lowlevel Waste and Hazardous Waste.

В книге изложены методы исследовании, проектирования и расчета сооружений систем гидравлического транспорта и гидравлической укладки отвальных хвостов обогатительных фабрик, систем очистки сточных вод и оборотного водоснабжения, а также основные вопросы их эксплуатации. Отражены вопросы защиты окружающей среды и изложены требования и мероприятия по повышению надежности и безопасности эксплуатации хвостохранилшц. Второе издание книги дополнено материалами с учетом опыта проектирования и эксплуатации хвостовых хозяйств за период с 1960 по 1977 г.
Книга предназначена для инженернотехнических работников (проектантов, строителей, эксплуатационников и исследователей), занимающихся сооружениями и эксплуатацией хвостовых хозяйств обогатительных фабрик, а также может быть полезна студентам горных, горно-металлургических и строительных вузов

A breach occurred within the perimeter embankment of the Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility on August 4, 2014. The loss of containment was sudden and occurred without warning. An Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel (IEEIRP or panel) was quickly commissioned by the British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines. The IEEIRP consisting of Norbert Morgenstern (Chair), Stephen Vick, and Dirk van Zyl released their report on the Mount Polley Tailings Storage Facility Breach on January 30, 2015. <...>

Down-valley discharge of tailings in a valley storage, where practical, can provide a cost benefit through minimizing the size of the containment embankment. However, down-valley discharge results in water pooling against the containment embankment and the collection of finer, saturated material that can be subject to rapid strength loss. These factors limit the potential for upstream raise construction and can also present a long-term dam break risk if the embankment is not appropriately designed. A down-valley layout can also present an erosion and sediment release risk at closure.

Tailings are a waste product of the mining process. Described simplistically, material excavated from the mine is categorized as either ore or waste, and waste is generally hauled to a waste rock storage facility while ore is hauled or conveyed to a mill and plant for processing. Ore is processed to extract a desired commodity and the remaining material is considered tailings, which also includes any chemical additives and water that may have been used during processing. Water may be recovered from the tailings and recirculated through the process plant prior to transporting the tailings to a tailings storage facility (TSF) or using the tailings as backfill for underground mine voids. <...>

Av the mining industry continues to grow, so too do its environmental impacts and the need for efficient reclamation methods.
The mining industry produces metals that are essential for global economic development. To do so, mining operations exploit ore deposits. For these ore bodies, both those exploited by open pits and underground mines, the proportion of the economic value compared to the whole excavated rock is very low. which implies that large quantities of solid wastes are produced annually, particularly waste rocks and mine tailings (Lottemioser 2007). Waste rocks are economically nonviable material excavated to reach ore-bearing rock. They are usually stored in waste rock piles at the surface. Tailings are ground rock particles resulting from ore processing.

Методы малоглубинной геоэлектрики, электротомография (ЭТ) и электромагнитное профилирование (ЭМП), исследуются на предмет разработки методики их применения в совокупности с аэрофотосъемкой (АФС) и результатами геохимического опробования для оценки объемов хвостохранилищ горно-обогатительных комбинатов (ГОК) при решении задач охраны окружающей среды.

Увеличение числа аварий на хвостохранилищах наблюдается с 1960-х годов и связано с развитием фабрик большей мощности и последующим увеличением производства хвостов. С 2001 года отказы наземных хвостохранилищ происходят примерно на двух объектах в год. Однако с 2015 по 2020 год интенсивность отказов наземных хвостохранилищ удвоилась и составила примерно четыре объекта в год.

In terms of both volume and mass, waste dumps associated with large open pit mines are arguably the largest manmade structures on Earth. Their footprints typically exceed the aerial extent and their heights often rival the depths of the open pits from which the material used to construct them is derived.

Рассмотрены современное оборудование подъемно-транспортного» хвостового и ремонтного хозяйства и правила его эксплуатации. Изложены требования к проектированию, методика выбора насосов и воздуходувок, методы расчета транспортных устройств, водо-, пульпо- и воздухопроводов. Приведены методы определения износа и дефектов машин и их деталей, подготовки оборудования к ремонту, восстановления изношенных деталей.
Для студентов горных и горно-металлургических вузов, обучающихся по специальности «Обогащение полезных ископаемых».