Dusting Suppression at Tailings Storage Facilities

The authors review the methods of dust emission suppression at operated and abandoned tailings storages. The environmental impact of mineral dust particles and the after-effects are greatly varied. Dust suppression in surface layer of tailings ponds can use the most widely applied chemical methods,...

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Published in:Journal of mining science 2021-07, Vol.57 (4), p.681-688
Main Authors: Makarov, D. V., Konina, O. T., Goryachev, A. A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmospheric particulates
Binders (materials)
Chemical agents
Chemical weapons
Dust
Dust control
Dust storms
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Environmental impact
Freezing
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Methods
Mine tailings
Mineral industry
Mineral Resources
Mining Ecology and Subsoil Management
Mining industry
Overburden
Ponds
Storage facilities
Surface layers
Tailings
Thawing
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Summary:The authors review the methods of dust emission suppression at operated and abandoned tailings storages. The environmental impact of mineral dust particles and the after-effects are greatly varied. Dust suppression in surface layer of tailings ponds can use the most widely applied chemical methods, as well as mechanical and biological methods. The requirements imposed on binding agents are efficiency, dust catching, longevity and the environmental safety. Dust suppression control can utilize natural climatic events, e.g., seasonal freezing–thawing of tailing surface. The described engineering solutions concern techniques and equipment for spreading suitable chemical agents for dust suppression at overburden dumps and tailing storage facilities at mining and processing plants.
ISSN:1062-7391
1573-8736
DOI:10.1134/S1062739121040165