Mine Tailings Storage: Safety Is No Accident
Concentrate 1 750 tonnes per day
Mill
Stockpiles
Crushed ore for mining quality control, homogenization and mill-head grade
200 000 tonnes per day Slurry tailings
Tailings pond
Slurry discharge
Phreatic line
Overflow spillway
Water cover
Lift 2
Lift 1
Coarse fraction - Sands
Toe seepage
Fine fraction - Slimes
Starter dyke
Liner
Seepage
Groundwater flow
180 000 tonnes per day Waste rock
Waste rock storage facility
Toe seepage
Seepage
Groundwater flow
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