Transitioning the mining industry to sustainability with geosynthetics

By Michael Dickey, P.E., Director, Presto Geosystems Geocells at a mining site. Photograph courtesy of Presto Geosystems Mined materials are essential to our everyday lives. We use these valuable minerals in nearly every sector of the economy—they are necessary to construct roads and buildings, manufacture vehicles, build computers and generate electricity. Additionally, the mining industry [...]

By |2021-12-31T08:49:00-06:00December 31, 2021|

Mining tailings management with geosynthetics

Tailings are by-products, the materials that remain after the process of separating the target mineral from the uneconomic fraction of an ore. They are different from the waste rock or other material that overlies an ore or mineral body, which are displaced during mining without being processed. Tailings can be liquid, solid or a slurry [...]

By |2021-06-30T06:03:00-05:00June 30, 2021|
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