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Dry stack breakthroughs could 'end tailing dams'

Authors cite new dewatering technologies as one area of progress

 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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