State of the practice review of heap leach pad design issues

Geotextiles and Geomembranes

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 555-568

  Thiel, Richard ^a   Smith, Mark E ^b  

^a Vector Engineering Inc   (United States)

^b South American Operations   (Peru)

Author keywords

Copper; Geomembrane; Gold; Heap leach; Leach pad; Liner system; Mining; Pre curing

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOMEMBRANES; GEOTEXTILES; GOLD; IMPURITIES; LAND FILL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SULFURIC ACID;

COPPER ORES; HEAP DEPTHS; HEAP LEACH PADS;

LEACHING;

COPPER; GEOSYNTHETICS; GOLD; MINERAL PROCESSING;

EID: 4644345302     PISSN: 02661144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geotexmem.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. Smith, M.E., 2003. Personal communications with Chevron Phillips Chemical Co., Solvay Polyethylene North America and SL Chile.
2. Smith, M.E., Orman, M., Queja, C., 1994. Copper Heap Leaching A Case for PVC Liners, PVC Geomembrane Institute Technical Bulletin.
3. Solvay Polymers, 2001. Fortiflex HDPE chemical resistance chart