MNE517

038715

Tailings Storage Facility design (operation) is a multidisciplinary enterprise which requires broad background knowledge in many diverse fields: geotechnical engineering, mining engineering and mineral processing engineering. The responsibility for tailings disposal operation is usually given to mill superintendent or metallurgical engineer, and mining engineers are sometimes confronted with the problems of embankment slope stability and seepage. Thus, it is required for mine operator/engineers to have (preparatory) background knowledge related with Tailings Storage Facility design and operation. This course provides a link between the various technical disciplines. The course includes engineering behavior of tailings, various tailings disposal methods, impoundment water control, and embankment slope stability/seepage analysis using the computational modeling software. Graduate level students will have additional assignments and projects (presentations and technical reports) assigned.

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Graduate

MNE417