Abstract: Many of the mining operations in Western Australia are located in arid and semiarid regions where there is a severe scarcity of freshwater. Most of the processing is carried out using ground water from paleochannels. Much ...

Abstract: Safe and economical storage of tailings is now a major consideration in the operation of many mining operations. Tailings in slurried form, particularly if they have a significant clay content, can take a very long time ...