Kimberly Finke Morrison - Tailings Management Handbook-Society for Mining Metallurgy & Exploration (2022)

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As long as we have mining and mineral processing, tailings and the responsible management thereof will remain at the forefront, with a company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in part a reflection of how well tailings risks are being managed. The Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) was published in August 2020, aiming to prevent catastrophic failure of tailings facilities by providing operators with specified measures and approaches throughout the mine life cycle, taking into account multiple stakeholder perspectives. In 2021, the International Council on Mining & Metals (ICMM) published the Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide intended to support safe, responsible management of tailings across the global mining industry, providing guidance on good governance and engineering practices to support continual improvement in tailings storage facility (TSF) management and help foster and strengthen the safety culture of mining companies. The Tailings Management Handbook is important and timely because there is no other comprehensive resource rooted in these new fundamentals and global principles for tailings management. Tailings management requires interdisciplinary and cross-functional understanding and support, which is apparent throughout this handbook. Dive into the wealth of information contributed by more than 100 world-renowned experts, beautifully crafted into a full-color handbook that focuses on the basics, life-cycle planning, site and tailings characterization, TSF design and construction, as well as systems and operations of TSFs. The inclusion of 42 case studies is an added plus with real-world successes and lessons learned Cover Copyright Contents Preface Acknowledgments About the Editor Contributing Authors Technical Reviewers PART I: Basics What Are Tailings? Influences of Water Management Mineral and Tailings Processing Overview of Tailings Management Conventional Tailings Management Dewatered Tailings In-Pit Tailings Management Underground Mine Backfill Other Tailings Management Approaches PART II: Life-Cycle Planning Stage-Gate Process Environmental Permitting and Regulatory Drivers Sizing and Layout Site and Technology Selection Studies Tailings Breach Studies and Inundation Mapping Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning Closure Planning and Landform Design Future of Tailings Management Part III: Site and Tailings Characterization Site Characterization Seismic Hazard Assessment Climate and Hydrology Hydrogeologic Studies Karst Hydrogeology and Geohazards Foundation Characterization Tailings Laboratory Characterization Characterization of In-Place Tailings PART IV: Design and Construction Design Basis Documentation Uncertainty and Reliability-Based Design Geotechnical Design Analyses Water Balance Hydrotechnical Design Liner Systems Filters, Drains, and Pipes Tailings Deposition Planning Water Reclaim Systems Construction Quality Management PART V: Systems and Operations Tailings Management Systems Risk Assessment and Risk Management Operational Considerations Operations, Maintenance, and Surveillance Manual Observational Method Monitoring Systems and Instrumentation Systems Approach to Tailings Management PART VI: Case Studies Anatomy of a Tailings Reclamation Project: San Xavier Tailings Storage Facilities CBMM Dam 8 Niobium Tailings Storage Facility Design, Minas Gerais, Brazil CBMM Integrated Monitoring Center Provides Continuous Real-Time Dam Monitoring, Minas Gerais, Brazil Cerro Verde Expansion Project, Cerro Verde Mine, Arequipa, Peru Closure of a Conventional Tailings Storage Facility in a Seismically Active Tropical Environment, Marlin Mine, San Marcos, Guatemala Cone Penetration Test Results Reflect Operational Improvements, Peñsaquito Mine, Mexi Conversion from Conventional Slurry to Thickened Tailings Deposition, Musselwhite Mine, Ontario, Canada Conversion of a Tailings Storage Facility from a Cycloned Embankment to Earth Fill Design and Closure Considerations, Bunkers Hill In-Pit Tailings Storage Facility, Tanami Operations, Northern Territory, Australia Evolution of Brazilian Tailings Regulations in Response to Failures Geological Constraints on the Cadia Slump and Implications for Site Characterization, Cadia Valley Operations, Australia Geotechnical Studies to Improve Understanding of Material Parameters and Tailings Storage Facility Performance and Address Changes in Stability Requirements, Granny Smith Gold Mine, Western Australia Implementation of Passive Beach Drains, Boddington’s F1/F3 Residue Disposal Area, Australia Importance of Cross-Functional Communication and Collaboration in Developing a Successful Cemented Paste Backfill Product Innovative Post-Mining Land Use: Siting Renewable Energy Projects on Reclaimed Tailings Storage Facilities Integrated Waste Rock Co-Deposition at the Éléonore Mine Tailings Storage Facility to Improve Geotechnical Stability and Facilitate Site Drainage, James Bay, Quebec, Canada Learnings and Outcomes Córrego do Feijão Iron Ore Mine, Minas Gerais, Brumadinho, Brazil Management of Wet Cycles at Mine Facilities, Saskatchewan, Canada Modeling Overland Flow of Tailings Slurries Modifying a Conceptual Site Model Through Additional Data Analysis and Visualization Omai Tailings Embankment Failure, Guyana Open Pit Co-Deposition Closure Backfill, Marlin Mine, San Marcos, Guatemala Precipitation Forecasting for Tailings Storage Facility Water Management Process Safety Approach to Tailings Management: Critical Control Reporting Quantifying Uncertainty in Groundwater Heads Beneath a Tailings Storage Facility, Arizona, United States Repurposing Tailings and Other Earth Material Waste into Ceramics Rock-Fill Dam Construction at a Tailings Storage Facility, Bagdad Mine, Arizona, United States Sand Tailings Deposition Through L Lines on Slopes on High Embankments, Cerro Verde Mine, Arequipa, Peru Seismic Behavior of Chilean Downstream-Constructed Tailings Sand Dams Seismic Deformation Analysis of Tailings Impoundment No. 2, Mine Niobec, Canada Sierrita Buttress Design and Construction, Sierrita Mine, Green Valley, Arizona, United States Stava Tailings Basins Failure, Stava, Italy Successful Conversions of Former Slurry Tailings Embankments into Filtered Tailings Storage Facilities, Durango, Mexico SurfaceDeposition of High-Sulfide Paste Tailings, Neves Corvo Mine, Portugal Systematic and Sustainable Tailings Storage Facility Dust Control, Peñasquito Mine, Mexico Tailings Deposition in Open Pits at Cameco’s Key Lake and Rabbit Lake In-Pit Facilities, Northern Saskatchewan, Canada Tailings Storage Facility Developed Within a Heap Leach Facility, Yanacocha Mine, Peru Usage of Merged Topographic and Bathymetric Survey Data to Drive Pond Management Strategies Use of Wick Drains to Stabilize a Filtered Tailings Facility Upstream Raise Tailings Storage Facility Design Considerations at Newmont’s Tanami Operations, Northern Territory, Australia Using a Mobile and Enterprise Geographic Information System for Improved Inspection Documentation and Reporting Utilizing High-Frequency Satellite Imagery to Improve Water Balance Model Calibration and Forecasting Index Back Cover Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents Chapter 1: ‘I’m thinking’ – Oh, but are you? Chapter 2: Renegade perception Chapter 3: The Pushbacker sting Chapter 4: ‘Covid’: The calculated catastrophe Chapter 5: There is no ‘virus’ Chapter 6: Sequence of deceit Chapter 7: War on your mind Chapter 8: ‘Reframing’ insanity Chapter 9: We must have it? So what is it? Chapter 10: Human 2.0 Chapter 11: Who controls the Cult? Chapter 12: Escaping Wetiko Postscript Appendix: Cowan-Kaufman-Morell Statement on Virus Isolation Bibliography Index