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MEND
Study of Tailings Management Technologies
Presentation by:
Kate Patterson, M.Eng., P.Eng.
Lindsay Robertson, M.Sc., P.Geo.
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Acknowledgements:
KCB support:
Jaclyn Bowman
Drew Hegadoren
Chantelle Donaldson
Len Murray
Co-authors:
Harvey McLeod
Bob ChambersMEND and MAC support:
Charlene Hogan
Charles Dumaresq
Gilles Tremblay
Patrick Chevalier
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Acknowledgements:
Kim Bellefontaine, BC Ministry of Energy and Mines
Brady Balicki
Barry Esford
Kevin Park
Ugo Lapointe, Mining Watch Canada
David Chambers, Center for Science in Public Participation
Kenneth Olsen and colleagues, Mining and Processing Division, Environment and Climate Change Canada
Mostafa Benzaazoua, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
James Kuipers, Kuipers & Associates, LLC
Scott Davidson, New Gold Inc.
Iain Bruce, BGC Engineering Inc.
Jorge Troncosco, BGC Engineering Inc.
Bill Price, CanmetMINING, Natural Resources Canada
Questionnaire and Case Study Contributions:
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Areva Resources Canada Inc.
AuRico Metals Inc.
Hecla Mining Company
HudBay Minerals Inc.
Imperial Metals Corporation
Goldcorp Inc.
Nyrstar Myra Falls Operation
Teck Resources Limited
Raglan Mine, a Glencore company
Vale Newfoundland and Labrador
Ward Wilson, University of Alberta
Steven Vick, Consulting Geotechnical Engineer
Gilles Tremblay, MEND Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada
Rina Freed, Source Environmental Associates, Inc.
Charlene Hogan, MEND Secretariat, Natural Resources Canada
David Downs, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development & Mines
Rob Purdon, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development & Mines
Stan Kaczmarek, Ontario Ministry of Northern Development & Mines
John Kwong, CanmetMINING, Natural Resources Canada
Charles Dumaresq, The Mining Association of Canada
Stephanie Marshall, Glencore - Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations
Joe Fyfe, Glencore - Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations
Jim Maltby, Glencore - Sudbury Integrated Nickel Operations
Report Reviewers:
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Presentation Outline
1. Introduction• Study Objectives
• Methodology
• Spoiler Alert: Key Conclusion
2. Tailings Management Strategy Considerations• Tailings Properties
• Site Conditions
• Dewatering Technologies and Facility Types
3. Case Histories• Canadian Projects using Dewatering Technologies
• Select Case Studies
4. Conclusions
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Study Objectives
• Identify state-of-practice of tailings dewatering technologies (e.g. thickened, paste and filtered tailings) and their associated facility types in Canada.
• Assess strengths, limitations, and physical and geochemical risks across the life-cycle of a tailings facilities for the technologies and compare them to those of conventional slurry.
• Identify knowledge gaps and make recommendations for further work.
Image Reference: COSIA 2017
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Study “Disclaimer”
Every project and tailings facility has a unique combination of site conditions, tailings characteristics, available resources, social and regulatory environment, and countless other factors that must be considered throughout the project life-cycle. Many of the observations and conclusions in this report are generalized and there are undoubtedly exceptions to some of these statements depending on project-specific conditions.
This study does not delve into comparing the different types of containment structures and material types for conventional facilities (e.g. upstream, downstream, centreline, cycloned sand, waste rock). Containment dam design is an important part of risk management associated with tailings facilities that should also be considered during selection of a tailings management strategy.
Every project and tailings facility has a unique combination of site conditions, tailings characteristics, available resources, social and regulatory environment, and countless other factors that must be considered throughout the project life-cycle. Many of the observations and conclusions in this report are generalized and there are undoubtedly exceptions to some of these statements depending on project-specific conditions.
This study does not delve into comparing the different types of containment structures and material types for conventional facilities (e.g. upstream, downstream, centreline, cycloned sand, waste rock). Containment dam design is an important part of risk management associated with tailings facilities that should also be considered during selection of a tailings management strategy.
Every project and tailings facility has a unique combination of site conditions, tailings characteristics, available resources, social and regulatory environment, and countless other factors that must be considered throughout the project life-cycle. Many of the observations and conclusions in this report are generalized and there are undoubtedly exceptions to some of these statements depending on project-specific conditions.
This study does not delve into comparing the different types of containment structures and material types for conventional facilities (e.g. upstream, downstream, centreline, cycloned sand, waste rock). Containment dam design is an important part of risk management associated with tailings facilities that should also be considered during selection of a tailings management strategy.
Every project and tailings facility has a unique combination of site conditions, tailings characteristics, available resources, social and regulatory environment, and countless other factors that must be considered throughout the project life-cycle. Many of the observations and conclusions in this report are generalized and there are undoubtedly exceptions to some of these statements depending on project-specific conditions.
This study does not delve into comparing the different types of containment structures and material types for conventional facilities (e.g. upstream, downstream, centreline, cycloned sand, waste rock). Containment dam design is an important part of risk management associated with tailings facilities that should also be considered during selection of a tailings management strategy.
1) Conclusions are generalized, undoubtedly there will be exceptions
2) The scope of this study does not cover everything, in particular: dam design and closure design that is unrelated to tailings dewatering
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Study Methodology
Step 1 - Identify the current state-of-practice and projects using dewatering technologies in Canada through literature review, database research, and a questionnaire sent to all Canadian mine sites.
Step 2 – Compare dewatering technologies and facility types to conventional means of tailings management.
Step 3 – Identify lessons learned and knowledge gaps.
Current State of Practice/ Gaps/ Lessons Learned
Review and Comparison
Mine Site Data
Literature Review
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Spoiler Alert: Study Conclusion
NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL Technology for Tailings Management
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Spoiler Alert: Study Conclusion
NO ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL Technology for Tailings Management
TAILINGS MANAGEMENT =
RISK MANAGEMENT
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Presentation Objectives
• Brief overview of the study
• Present key learnings through case histories
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Presentation Outline
1. Introduction• Study Objectives
• Methodology
• Spoiler Alert: Key Conclusion
2. Tailings Management Strategy Considerations• Tailings Properties
• Site Conditions
• Dewatering Technologies and Facility Types
3. Case Histories• Canadian Projects using Dewatering Technologies
• Select Case Studies
4. Conclusions
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Tailings Management Strategy Considerations
Tailings Characteristics
and Scale
Site Conditions
Available Technologies and Facility
Types
For this study
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Tailings Management Strategy Considerations
You want to be hereTailings
Characteristics and Scale
Site Conditions
Available Technologies and Facility
Types
Goal should be to
minimize short-term and
long-term risks
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Tailings Characteristics
and Scale
Site Conditions
Available Technologies and Facility
Types
Tailings Management Strategy Considerations
• Physical properties (grain size, rheology, plasticity, etc.)
• Chemical properties (of solids and process water)
• Mill production rate and anticipated throughput.
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Physical Tailings Properties
CTHRT
Tailings Type Symbol Examples
Coarse tailings CTSalt, mineral sands, coarse coal rejects, iron ore sands,
Hard rock tailings HRTCopper, massive sulphide,
nickel, gold,
Altered rock tailings ARTPorphyry copper with
hydrothermal alteration, oxidized rock
Fine tailings FTFine coal rejects, bauxite
residue (red mud)
Ultra fine tailings UFT
Oil sand (mature fine tailings - MFT), phosphate fines, some kimberlite and
coal fines
PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION
ATTERBERG LIMITS
Reference: ICOLD 2017
UFTFT
ART
HRTCT
FT
ART
UFT
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Chemical Tailings Properties
Tailings types have been simplified to classify tailings based on management strategies and potential water quality outcomes.
Source: GARD Guide, INAP 2009
Non-Sulphidic Leaching
Sulphidic ML/ARDSulphidic ML
Low Reactivity
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Tailings Management Strategy Considerations
Other Considerations:
• Supernatant quality (use of process reagents, treatment, and settling time);
• Production rate;
• Scalability of technology;
• Effectiveness of technology types on material properties (e.g. is a material too fine and plastic to filter?).
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Tailings Management Strategy Considerations
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Tailings Dewatered States and Facility Types
Facility type images (left to right): KCB 2017, Google 2016 & © Digital Globe 2016, Levac 2016Dewatering technologies images: Fourie 2015 and Jewell and Fourie 2015Ingredients: Meredith 2017, Mother Earth News 2014, Quora 2015, Barefeet 2013
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Conventional Facility
Majority of water storage
Mill
Discharge to Environment
Water
Treatment
Tailings
Dewatering
Makeup Water
Tailings Pond
Seepage
Recovery Pond
Tailings BeachSeepage
Recovery DamTailings Dam
Tailings
Contact Water
Non-Contact Water
Facility Types
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Thickened/Paste Facility
Facility Types
Mill
Discharge
Water
Treatment
Tailings
Dewatering
Makeup Water
Tailings Dam
TailingsContact Water
Non-Contact Water
Runoff
Collection
Dam
Majority of water storage
* Downslope or cone deposition
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Filtered Facility
Facility Types
Mill
Discharge to Environment
Water
Treatment
Tailings
Dewatering
Filtered Tailings Pile
Makeup Water
Collection Pond
Runoff
Collection Dam
Majority of water storage
Tailings
Contact Water
Non-Contact Water
Structural Zones
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Tailings Management Strategy Considerations
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Filtered Tailings
Target moisture content for compaction to achieve non-liquefiable mass
Design Targets
High-Density Thickened/Paste Tailings
Target moisture content to achieve non-segregating behavior, deposition slopes, no bleed water
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Op
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Mo
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Co
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Maximum Dry Density
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Physical Tailings Properties Affect Dewatering Potential
Image reference: ICOLD 2017
Solids Content (%)
More Dewatered
Mo
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UFT
FT
ARTHRT
CT
Positive-Displacement Pump
Centrifugal Pump
Yield Stress (Pa)
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Tailings Management Strategy Considerations
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Climate and Production Scale
Note: only facilities that are included in the case history review or provided a questionnaire response are included in the graph. Not just Canadian Projects.
CONVENTIONAL TAILINGS
Typical % solids ranging from approximately from
~20% to ~40%
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Climate and Production Scale
THICKENED TAILINGS
Typical % solids ranging from approximately from
~40% to ~60%
Note: only facilities that are included in the case history review or provided a questionnaire response are included in the graph. Not just Canadian Projects.
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Climate and Production Scale
Note: only facilities that are included in the case history review or provided a questionnaire response are included in the graph. Not just Canadian Projects.
PASTE and HIGH DENSITY THICKENED TAILINGS
Typical % solids ranging from approximately from
~60% to 75%
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Climate and Production Scale
Note: only facilities that are included in the case history review or provided a questionnaire response are included in the graph. Not just Canadian Projects.
FILTERED TAILINGS
Typical % solids ranging from approximately from
~>75%
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Presentation Outline
1. Introduction• Study Objectives
• Methodology
• Spoiler Alert: Key Conclusion
2. Tailings Management Strategy Considerations• Tailings Properties
• Site Conditions
• Dewatering Technologies and Facility Types
3. Case Histories• Canadian Projects using Dewatering Technologies
• Select Case Studies
4. Conclusions
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• contacts with KCB mining clients;
Tailings Dewatering Projects in Canada Research
Information Collected Through:
• a questionnaire sent to ~ 260 recipients in mining companies requesting basic information on site characterization, tailings properties and tailings dewatering technologies. Thirty-six (36) project replies were received;
• KCB’s library and previous projects files (more than 60 years of projects);
• literature search conducted by KCB’s professional librarian;
• contacts within the mining industry;
• contacts with associations and organizations such as International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), Mining Association of Canada (MAC), Canadian Dam Association (CDA); and
• contacts with provincial, territorial and federal government agencies.
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Tailings Dewatering Projects in Canada Results
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Tailings Dewatering Projects in Canada Results
DewateringTechnology
Number ofCanadian Facilities
Facility TypeNumber ofCanadian Facilities
Thickened(above 50% solids by weight)
7Conventional 10
High-density Thickened(above 60% solids by weight)
5
High-Density Thickened/
Paste3*
Paste(above ~70% solids by weight, requires
positive displacement pump)1
Filtered(above 80% solids by weight, cannot
be pumped)9 Filtered 9*
Total 22 22