Tailings Dams: Design, Characterization, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Mineralogy and Biogeochemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024 | Viewed by 719
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Interests: risk assessment for geo-engineering projects; rock mechanics and geotechnical engineering; monitoring and data analytics; artificial intelligence, systems, and probabilistic analyses
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Dear Colleagues,
Large quantities of tailings are produced and accumulated as a result of the mining of mineral resources and the chemical and mechanical separation processes of mineral extraction. These waste materials are need to be reasonably managed to prevent them from entering adjacent environmental ecosystems. The slurry of waste material is often contained in large basins that are constructed by dams; these are called tailing dams, and are among some of the world’s largest engineered structures. In recent years, there has bene an increase in the number mining tailings dam failures and the discharge of vast volumes of tailings into the natural environment, many of which have caused significant harm to infrastructure and human lives. Therefore, there is a current demand for a broader understanding of the physical and mechanical properties of these complex geotechnical structures, an understanding their geometrical design, an analysis of the failure mechanisms, as well as the development of thorough monitoring technologies and management systems.
Subsequent to the successful publication of the 1st Edition of this Special Issue, this 2nd Edition aims to report recent advances in the characterization, design, monitoring, and risk assessment of mine tailings dams, as well as the evaluation of standards and guidelines for these purposes. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, those covered by the keyword list below.
Dr. Masoud Zare-Naghadehi
Dr. Javad Sattarvand
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- characterization of tailings deposits
- geotechnical and condition monitoring of tailings dams
- design issues and parameters of tailings dams
- geotechnical and managerial risk assessment of tailings projects
- case histories of failures or good design practices
- modeling and simulation of tailings flows resulting from dam failure
- dewatering technologies
- closure of mine tailings dams
- standards and guidelines
- innovative tailings management approaches
- environmental issues related to active/closed dams (such as dust emission, etc.)
