Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0453659

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP0453659

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

BEACH FORMATION OF NON-SEGREGATING TAILINGS. Thickened tailings from mining operations discharged onto flat ground build into a low conical hill, forming a straight beach slope. This method of stacked tailings disposal is currently employed at nine Australian mine-sites. It is cost effective and environmentally friendly. Discharged thickened pastes can develop steeper slopes, thus requiring less area for the tailings stack. However, a tailing discharge system design must be based on an accurate prediction of the beach slope. The aim is to produce a method of predicting the beach slope angle from laboratory experiments involving particle mechanics, rheology, and process parameters like flowrate and concentration.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-2004

End Date: 04-2007

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $213,098.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Interdisciplinary Engineering | Geotechnical Engineering | Fluidization And Fluid Mechanics | Mineral Processing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary mining and extraction processes | Land and water management |

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