Innovative Tailings Disposal Solutions
GeoTails Consulting specializes in delivering innovative tailings disposal methods that significantly enhance water efficiency, reduce environmental impact, and support effective site closure and rehabilitation. Our advanced approaches are designed to optimize tailings management, promoting sustainable mining practices.
Thickened and paste tailings
We provide thickened and paste tailings solutions that optimize water recovery, enhance dam stability, and reduce environmental impact. By increasing tailings density, this method maximizes storage efficiency, minimizes water loss, reduces seepage, and lowers storage footprint, making it a sustainable and efficient approach for safer tailings management.
Filtered (Dry Stack) tailings
GeoTails provides filtered (dry stack) tailings solutions that eliminate the need for traditional tailings dams. By removing excess water, this method produces a stable, stackable material, maximizing water recovery, reducing environmental risks, and simplifying site closure and rehabilitation. It’s a sustainable option for improving operational safety and minimizing long-term liabilities.
Co-disposal of coarse waste and tailings
We specialize in co-disposal of coarse waste and tailings, integrating these materials into a stable mass deposit. For example, in coal mining, it’s possible to combine coal washery coarse and fine rejects, pump them together, and co-dispose this stream. This method eliminates the need for additional construction materials for retaining embankments, optimizes land use, enhances structural stability, and reduces environmental impact—providing a sustainable solution that simplifies site rehabilitation and closure.
In-pit tailings storage
GeoTails provides in-pit tailings storage solutions, where tailings can be placed in completed open pits as slurry, thickened, filtered, or combined with waste rock. This approach minimizes the need for new surface storage facilities, reduces environmental impact, and enhances water management. In-pit placement often simplifies site rehabilitation, offering a cost-effective and sustainable solution for long-term closure and stability.
Underground tailings backfill
GeoTails offers underground tailings backfill solutions, where dewatered tailings are used to fill mined-out voids, sometimes reinforced with cement for increased stability. This approach improves underground support, reduces the demand for surface storage, and lowers environmental impact, while contributing to safer mine operations and streamlined site closure.
