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Dry stack breakthroughs could 'end tailing dams'

Technological advances in dry-stack tailings filtering could make dangerous mining dams a relic of the past, even for large-scale projects, according to new research.

 An example of an FLSmidth tailings dewatering filtering system in Chile

An example of an FLSmidth tailings dewatering filtering system in Chile

A report by Carlos Cacciuttolo and Edison Atencio of the Catholic University of Temuco in Chile found that the potential of dry stacking for large-scale mining operations with production rates over 100,000...

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