Characterization of Kolar gold field mine tailings for cyanide and acid drainage

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1545-1559

  Rao, Sudhakar M ^a   Reddy, B V Venkatarama ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Acid drainage; Mine tailings; pH; Toxic contaminants

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CYANIDES; DRAINAGE; LEACHING; PH; SLURRIES; TAILINGS;

ACID DRAINAGE; KOLAR GOLD FIELD MINE TAILINGS; WATER SOLUBLE ALKALI METAL CYANIDES;

GOLD MINES;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CYANIDE; GOLD MINE; TAILINGS; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; KOLAR GOLD FIELDS; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33750978667     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-005-3372-3     Document Type: Article

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