A civil engineering research team has developed a new way to clean oil sands process affected water and reclaim tailings ponds in Alberta's oil sands industry. Using sunlight as a renewable energy ...

Johannesburg-based engineering consultancy Geotheta has announced its specialized geotechnical engineering consultation and design services for tailings storage facilities. Bryanston, South ...

Mintek Minerals Processing division head of flotation Kevin Pillay discusses the organisation’s new Reflaut tailing retreatment process. Camerawork and Editing: Nicholas Boyd. JOHANNESBURG ...

Establishing strong seepage stability for tailings dams is crucial for ensuring their safety and mitigating the risk of failure. This study developed a three-dimensional seepage numerical model using ...

The conversion of iron tailings, a mining solid waste, into conductive concrete aligns with green engineering and supports the development of intelligent construction materials. This study employed a ...

Copperstone Technologies’ amphibious Helix robot mitigates the risks of monitoring tailings ponds. For the oil sands and mineral extraction industries, tailings ponds are an environmental and ...

HOYT LAKES, Minn. — Of the bad things that could happen once PolyMet starts running Minnesota’s first-ever copper mine, critics say, among the worst would be a catastrophic breach of the tailings ...

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For every barrel of bitumen extracted in Alberta, about 1.5 barrels of non-recyclable tailings volume are produced. In 2019 alone, an estimated 1.5 million barrels of tailings were produced, which ...

Edmonton—Cleaning up oil sands tailings has just gotten a lot greener thanks to a novel technique developed by University of Alberta civil engineering professors that uses solar energy to accelerate ...

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