Managing tailings from mining operations
Olympic Dam tailings storage facility. Courtesy of BHP.
The appropriate and responsible management of tailings and tailings storage facilities in South Australia is focused on ensuring safe, stable and economic storage of the mineral wastes produced by mining operations during the mining and processing of mineral ores.
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In situ recovery (ISR) mining
In situ recovery mines use fluid to recover valuable minerals from the ground without digging and moving tonnes or earth in the same way that you would at an open cut or underground mine.