Down with tailings

Dr Tracy Shimmield looks at deep-sea mine tailings placement and the associated marine environmental impacts

31 May 2013
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Mine tailings storage is an ever increasing challenge to the industry. As advances in technology allow lower-grade ores to be exploited, higher volumes of waste require safe storage.

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