Integrated mine tailings management by combining environmental desulphurization and cemented paste backfill: Application to mine Doyon, Quebec, Canada

Minerals Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 330-340

  Benzaazoua, Mostafa ^a   Bussière, Bruno ^a   Demers, Isabelle ^a   Aubertin, Michel ^a,b   Fried, Éliane ^a,c   Blier, Annie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

^d IAM Gold Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Desulphurization; Leachability; Mine tailings; Paste backfill

Indexed keywords

DESULFURIZATION; MINERAL INDUSTRY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PORTLAND CEMENT;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; MINE TAILINGS; PASTE BACKFILL;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 39549122221     PISSN: 08926875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mineng.2007.11.012     Document Type: Article

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