Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0562012

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0562012

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

BauxsolTM based grouts and shotcretes for the control of acid rock drainage. Acid rock drainage (ARD) occurs where sulphides (mostly pyrite, but also sulphides of other metals) are exposed to oxygen and water; the estimated global liability from ARD is over US$300 billion. There is currently no cost-effective way to prevent the release of acid and heavy metals from exposed sulphide minerals especially at abandoned mine sites. This study investigates the use of BASECONTM transformed bauxite refinery residues (BauxsolTM) to grout waste rock dumps and tailings dams and to develop concretes that can be sprayed on open cut walls and floor to prevent and treat the ARD as it is formed.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 28-11-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $400,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Technologies | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Inorganic Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Primary mining and extraction processes | Cement and concrete products |

Other Keywords

Cement and concrete products | Environmental Management And Rehabilitation | Environmental Science and Management | Environmental Technologies | Inorganic Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Mining and Extraction | Primary mining and extraction processes

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