Heap leach cyanide irrigation and risk to wildlife: Ramifications for the international cyanide management code.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.02.033
Abstract: Exposed cyanide-bearing solutions associated with gold and silver recovery processes in the mining industry pose a risk to wildlife that interact with these solutions. This has been documented with cyanide-bearing tailings storage facilities, however risks… read more here.
Keywords: cyanide; risk wildlife; heap leach; code ... See more keywords
Preferential flow behaviour in unsaturated packed beds and heaps: Incorporating into a CFD model
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DOI: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.06.008
Abstract: Abstract Heap leach stockpiles inevitably contain local voidage heterogeneities due to non-uniform particle size distributions of the ore and other factors that lead to preferential flow paths and solution channelling. The stockpile can also encounter… read more here.
Keywords: flow behaviour; preferential flow; heap leach; flow ... See more keywords
Chemical durability of bituminous geomembranes (BGMs) in heap leach pad applications
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DOI: 10.1680/jgein.22.00333
Abstract: The degradation behaviour of a 4.8 mm thick elastomeric bituminous geomembrane (BGM) immersed in pH 0.5, 9.5, and 11.5 synthetic mining solutions is examined over 26 months at 22, 40, 55 and 70°C. The low… read more here.
Keywords: chemical durability; geomembranes bgms; heap leach; degradation ... See more keywords