Prediction and reality : static analyses versus actual rock weathering in waste dumps at Island Copper Mine, Port Hardy, B.C.

Island Copper Mine (ICM), owned by BMP Minerals Canada Ltd. is one of Canada's largest open pit low-grade copper mines and is located at the north end of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Acid rock drainage (ARD) was first detected in the open pit area in 1982, and from the on-land waste r...

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Main Authors: Lister, Diane, Poling, G. W. (George Wesley), Horne, Ian A., Li, Michael Guoqing
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11063