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Copper Tailing - an overview ScienceDirect Topics

The decision to exclude CS from the hazardous waste list under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, by the US Environmental Protection Agency in 1991, was based on the investigation of several industrial processing wastes, including CS, copper tailings and calcium sulphate wastewater treatment plant sludge, from 91 plants located in 29 states. Five years later, CS was also

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Economic Potential for reprocessing Copper Mine Tailings ...

2016-7-31  most important copper producer with a share of more than 30 % of the world production (BGR data base). Concerning the production of waste,Chile is annually producing 350 million t of waste from copper mining and processing, according to conservative estimates. This lead to a total volume of 6.8 billion t over the last 30 years.

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REPROCESSING AND TAILINGS REDUCTION

2020-6-10  Most of those historic tailings have now been reprocessed.” This reprocessing opportunity is one of the reasons why mining companies may be cautious about using tailings as backfill material or relocating current day ‘waste’ to an inaccessible area of the mine, according to Gerritsen. “As technology improves, the opportunity to

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Estimated Water Requirements for the Conventional ...

2012-5-3  tailings. The tailings is the finely ground waste product (which generally represents more than 98 percent of the original copper ore) suspended in a water-based slurry that is emplaced in a tailings storage facility (TSF). Water is required for many activities at a

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New Tailings Reprocessing Technology Has Environmental ...

2020-10-6  Tailings may be dumped in or near water or transported by wind or water to contaminate the surrounding area. Mine sites typically manage tailings by constructing ponds secured by dams. However, some mining companies are figuring out ways to turn tailings to profits with novel reprocessing technologies to extract valuable metals from the waste.

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Mining Industry Profile: Copper - US EPA

2016-3-27  requires that water recovered in the tailings pond be recycled to the mill as process water. At copper mines in the central United States (such as White Pine in Michigan) the reverse situation exists; precipitation exceeds evaporation rates and excess mine-related water must be discharged to the environment (U.S. DOI, Bureau of Mines 1965a).

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How to generate value from tailings with reprocessing to ...

2019-10-15  A standard method of reprocessing involves dragging tailings from an existing dam back to the concentrator and using required mineral processing solutions to liberate the valuable metals. The discarded tailings are then dewatered and dry stacked, and the water

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Copper Mining Industry in Zambia - United Nations

2015-5-1  Tailings Waste materials produced from concentration of copper-to-copper concentrates with copper content of less than 1%. Approximately 45 dumps/dams Contain approximately 791 Million Tonnes of tailings Cover an area of approximately 9,125ha. Slag Waste material produced from smelting of metal concentrates.

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How to generate value from tailings with reprocessing to ...

2020-6-2  This helps mining companies to reduce possible water losses as well as cleanup the existing tailings dams or eliminate them completely while providing an opportunity to convert mine waste

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Technical Resource Document: Copper US EPA ARCHIVE

2016-3-27  EPA 530-R-94-031 NTIS PB94-200979 TECHNICAL RESOURCE DOCUMENT EXTRACTION AND BENEFICIATION OF ORES AND MINERALS VOLUME 4 COPPER August 1994 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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REPROCESSING AND TAILINGS REDUCTION

2020-6-10  tailings storage facility and, therefore, the owner may decide to close it or put it into a non-active state,” he said. One company looking to address the availability and cost of specialised technology for reprocessing tailings and other ‘waste’ is CDE. An industry-leading manufacturer of wet processing equipment for materials processors,

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Towards minimum impact copper concentrator – The link ...

2017-6-19  Water is used in many processes within mineral processing, but most of the water losses occur within the tailings processing and disposal area. New technologies that can increase the recovery of water are actively being developed, but the key to improving the efficiency of water use and reducing risks lies in closing water loops and increasing ...

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LEACHING OF FLOTATION TAILINGS - TMT 2018

2018-1-4  participation of oxide copper forms regarding to the total copper content of the flotation tailings. Mine waste water from the accumulation Robule were used as leaching solution with pH correction, what is a special contribution to solving the environmental problems using the integrated treatment of mine wastewater and tailings.

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A Study on Preparation of Bricks Using Copper Tailing Waste

2019-3-26  A Study on Preparation of Bricks Using Copper Tailing Waste Abstract. A Study on Preparation of Bricks Using Copper Tailing Waste In India, 4 million tons of copper tailings produce every year, out of which 25,000 tons produce in Khetri Copper Mines, Khetri, and Rajasthan.This research was undertaken to study the effects of copper mine tailings as a replacement of sand on the properties of ...

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New Tailings Reprocessing Technology Has Environmental ...

2020-10-6  Tailings may be dumped in or near water or transported by wind or water to contaminate the surrounding area. Mine sites typically manage tailings by constructing ponds secured by dams. However, some mining companies are figuring out ways to turn tailings to profits with novel reprocessing technologies to extract valuable metals from the waste.

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How to generate value from tailings with reprocessing to ...

2019-10-15  Whether driven by regulatory compliances, tailings dam failure and water scarcity, mine tailings can well become a strong business case in the near future. Due to growing mining volumes, global tailings generation was estimated to total ~3.2 bn tons for copper and ~1.8 bn tons for iron in 2018.

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Copper Mining Industry in Zambia - United Nations

2015-5-1  Tailings Waste materials produced from concentration of copper-to-copper concentrates with copper content of less than 1%. Approximately 45 dumps/dams Contain approximately 791 Million Tonnes of tailings Cover an area of approximately 9,125ha. Slag Waste material produced from smelting of metal concentrates.

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From Tailings to Treasure? Miners Make Money

2015-5-7  Tailings may be dumped in or near water or transported by wind or water to contaminate the surrounding area. Mine sites typically manage tailings by constructing ponds secured by dams. According to the web site miningfacts.org , another strategy is to produce thickened tailings, which are pressed or have chemicals added to remove excess water.

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Recovery of residual copper from low-content tailings ...

2015-10-10  This work aims at the recovery of residual copper from low grade tailings (up to 5% copper, and high grade in polymeric material), by applying simple physical methods to counterbalance the relatively increased cost of the subsequent chemical treatment. The tailings originated from waste electrical cable treatment for copper recycling.

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Waste Management and Circular Economy - COPPER 2022

2021-2-7  Waste management and Circular Economy and Secondary Mining to reduce the environmental footprint of copper producing operations have become more and more important over the years. Both restrictions on available space and increased social awareness of environmental, safety and health risks associated with waste materials require new solutions.waste materials require new

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Towards minimum impact copper concentrator – The link ...

2017-6-19  Water is used in many processes within mineral processing, but most of the water losses occur within the tailings processing and disposal area. New technologies that can increase the recovery of water are actively being developed, but the key to improving the efficiency of water use and reducing risks lies in closing water loops and increasing ...

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New Tailings Reprocessing Technology Has Environmental ...

2020-10-6  Tailings may be dumped in or near water or transported by wind or water to contaminate the surrounding area. Mine sites typically manage tailings by constructing ponds secured by dams. However, some mining companies are figuring out ways to turn tailings to profits with novel reprocessing technologies to extract valuable metals from the waste.

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Mining Industry Profile: Copper - US EPA

2016-3-27  Mining Industry Profile: Copper 1-53 In the arid southwest, where evaporation rates exceed precipitation, the mine-mill water balance usually requires that water recovered in the tailings pond be recycled to the mill as process water.

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A Study on Preparation of Bricks Using Copper Tailing Waste

2019-3-26  A Study on Preparation of Bricks Using Copper Tailing Waste Abstract. A Study on Preparation of Bricks Using Copper Tailing Waste In India, 4 million tons of copper tailings produce every year, out of which 25,000 tons produce in Khetri Copper Mines, Khetri, and Rajasthan.This research was undertaken to study the effects of copper mine tailings as a replacement of sand on the properties of ...

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Copper Mining Industry in Zambia - United Nations

2015-5-1  Tailings Waste materials produced from concentration of copper-to-copper concentrates with copper content of less than 1%. Approximately 45 dumps/dams Contain approximately 791 Million Tonnes of tailings Cover an area of approximately 9,125ha. Slag Waste material produced from smelting of metal concentrates.

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Cement Mixtures Containing Copper Tailings as an

2016-12-20  copper tailings. These results suggest that copper tailings can potentially enhance the durability properties of cement based materials. Keywords: copper tailings, concrete, water absorption, durability and chloride penetration 1. Introduction The rising demand for a cleaner environment and sustainability in the use of construction materials have

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From Tailings to Treasure? Miners Make Money

2015-5-7  Tailings may be dumped in or near water or transported by wind or water to contaminate the surrounding area. Mine sites typically manage tailings by constructing ponds secured by dams. According to the web site miningfacts.org , another strategy is to produce thickened tailings, which are pressed or have chemicals added to remove excess water.

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Environmental Risks From Mine Tailings

2018-8-10  Tailings are a type of rock waste from the mining industry. ... or it can be a by-product of ore processing. As a result, highly acidic water leaks from the ... Tailings from copper and uranium ...

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Sustainable Reuse of Mine Tailings and Waste Rock as Water ...

The focus of this study was to evaluate the potential reuse of mixed mine tailings and waste rock in water-balance covers (WBCs). Reuse of mine waste in geoengineering applications can provide an economic advantage via offsetting raw material requirements and reducing waste volumes to manage. Water-balance covers are designed to minimize percolation and/or oxygen ingress into underlying waste ...

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Waste Management and Circular Economy - COPPER 2022

2021-2-7  Waste management and Circular Economy and Secondary Mining to reduce the environmental footprint of copper producing operations have become more and more important over the years. Both restrictions on available space and increased social awareness of environmental, safety and health risks associated with waste materials require new solutions.waste materials require new

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