SUB-AERIAL DEPOSITION AND HANDLING TECHNIQUES FOR DEWATERING FINE TAILINGS

摘要

Techniques for sub-aerial deposition of flocculated thick fine tailings, such as MFT, may include depositing in a laminar channel flow regime, windrowing partially dewatered deposited material and various deposition design strategies such as dedicated disposal systems provided in accordance with a pre-determined capacity of sub-aerial deposition areas based on concave beach profiles of the deposited material.