Design and optimization of a waste rock cover system for arid environments

Engineered waste rock cover systems are designed to prevent the generation of acid mine drainage in sulphide bearing waste rock dumps left from the metal mining process. Typically, the cover systems are designed to prevent the ingress of water and/or oxygen into the waste rock pile so that oxidizati...

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Other Authors: Wilson, Ward
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-06212012-152254