Waste Rock

Waste rock deformations were measured on a high altitude dump using survey prisms and inclinometers. Rates of downslope advancement of about 0.2 to 0.5 m/day (70 to 180 m/year) were measured. This waste dump is founded on very thick (greater than 40 m), warm (approximately -0.5oC) ice-rich Read more... about Creep Displacements Induced from Waste Rock Loading

Full Title: Reproduction of a Complex Tracer Test through Explicit Simulation of a Heterogeneous Aquifer using Bayesian Markov Chain Monte Carlo

Simulation of tracer response curves in waste rock systems can be difficult using conventional numerical techniques, due to the Read more... about Reproduction of a Complex Tracer Test

The design of soil covers as part of the remediation initiatives for mine waste facilities is common practice and more and more engineers are faced with designing these facilities. The design issues associated with these soil covers are complex and requires a good understanding of unsaturated Read more... about Comparative Study of Surface Flux Boundary Models to Design Soil Covers for Mine Waste Facilities

Soil cover systems are routinely used to reduce acid rock drainage (ARD) from mine waste rock dumps and tailings impoundments. A technology for the analysis, design, instrumentation and monitoring of barrier-type (oxygen limiting) and store/release type covers has rapidly developed and the Read more... about The Integrity of Cover Systems - An Update

The management of mine waste dumps has historically been assigned mainly to the on-site mining operations. In recent years, focus has turned to a more scientific approach to waste rock dump management and the auditing of these manmade structures.

A risk-based classification study of mine Read more... about Waste Rock Dump Management and Stability Evaluation