Tailings-Based Engineered Barriers for Waste Containment

The mining industry is a global activity that plays an important role in the economies of many countries around the world. However, underground and surface mining operations as well as mineral processing activities produce a large amount of solid waste, such as tailings. Tailings are a by-product of mining. It is the processed rock or soil that remains after the valuable products have been separated from the rock or soil in which they are found. In most cases, tailings are reputed to be hazardous for the environment, health and economy. are traditionally in disposal and other types surface located on the surface using a engineering develop new tailings management strategies that be environmentally and cost well as to establish methods of recycling tailings construction materials. waste containment of tailings construction materials