Risk Assessment for Paste Tailings Projects

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Abstract

All mining operations and unit processes have varying degrees of risk associated with them. As new technologies are developed, so the risk profile changes. Advances in paste fill and paste tailings deposition have changed the risk profile of underground operations and surface tailings management. This chapter considers factors that need to be included in risk assessments of high solids concentration tailings applications in mining, such as underground paste backfill or surface paste tailings deposition.

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Risk Assessment Process Element Filter Cake Surface Deposition Risk Assessment Process 
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© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017

Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Paterson & Cooke Canada Inc.SudburyCanada

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