THICKENED TAILINGS TRANSPORT: High Density Pumping

Jochen Oesterlink Director Mining Systems at Putzmeister Concrete Pumps GmbH explains how mine tailings containing high concentrations of dry solids can be efficiently pumped to disposal sites

31 August 2008
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THE rising demand for metals is resulting in the mining of ever poorer and deeper deposits. This trend, in turn, is seeing an increasing amount of mining material being produced from processing.

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