Diavik waste rock project : thermal transport in a covered waste rock test pile

• Main Authors: Pham, Nam, Sego, David, Blowes, David, Amos, Richard, Smith, Leslie
• Other Authors: Tailings and Mine Waste Conference (2011 : Vancouver, B.C.), University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Rock Pile; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/38487

Covers are widely used in the management of mine tailings and waste rock and most current cover designs and constructions are in temperate regions. However in cold regions, certain features and processes are unique and they can be utilized to reduce the production of acid rock drainage (ARD). An fie...