Oxidation of mine tailings from Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, at subzero temperatures

• Published in: Canadian Geotechnical Journal
• Main Authors: Meldrum, J L, Jamieson, H E, Dyke, L D
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2001
• Subjects: Civil and Structural Engineering; Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology; Nunavut; Hudson Bay; Hudson; Rankin Inlet; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t01-028; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/t01-028

Acid-generating sulphidic tailings from a Ni–Cu mine were exposed on the shores of Hudson Bay for 30 years before burial in a drained bedrock basin. To determine if encapsulation in permafrost will maintain the tailings, and their saline pore water, in a chemically inert state, a field and experimen...