Application of Geotextile on Slope Stability for Establishment of Tailings Dam in Gold Mines – The Case of Hidden Valley Mine, Papua New Guinea

1. IntroductionThe Hidden Valley (HV) tailings dam/storage facility (TSF – Fig.1) is constructed with downstream method of embankment. The initial dam crest elevation was designed for RL 2,000 with a storage capacity of 40Mt of tailings with a mill throughput of 4.2Mtpa, (Rynhoud...

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Small Scale Mining in Papua New Guinea

The Alluvial Mining Sector in Papua New Guinea (P.N.G.) contribute significantly to the country's economy. The gold produced by small scale miners eventually get to the gold exporters that in return bring in foreign currency into the country.However, Mine Waste Management is an issue for almost all the miners in the country.The mining operations contributes...

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Clean up of Mine Waste in Papua New Guinea

 The Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Minister for Environment and Protection stated on the daily news paper dated October30, 2020 that an Hong Kong based company would be engaged to clean-up the mine waste in PNG at no cost to PNG government and the mining operators.The company...

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Tailings Dam Construction in Papua New Guinea a Challenge

Tailings dam constructions in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are faced with natural factors such as  high altitude with high rainfall (2000-5000mm), active seismic zone and other geotechnical structural factors which pose threat to the stability of tailings dam and potential failure.  As such, the PNG government has allowed mining companies...

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Environmental Engineering Questions and Answers

1.       Define environment (in terms of mining). Environment is Conditions that affect working atmosphere and development of mining. Or is the physical condition that exists in mines. 2.       What is mining? It...

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Mount Crater Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea

Crater Gold Mine is located in the western part of Eastern Highlands Province in Lufa District, adjacent to the eastern border of Simbu Province bordering Kramui Nomane District. It is centered 50 Km southwest of Goroka, the capital town of Eastern Highlands Province. The...

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Applications (Uses) of Zeolites in Civil Construction and other Fields

Besides the widely usage of zeolites in the Livestock and Agriculture Industries, it is also utilized in the civil constructions and other technological fields as well. To begin with, zeolites can also be used for separating oxygen and nitrogen in the air to produce...

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Applications (Uses) of Zeolites in the Livestock and Agriculture Industries.

Zeolites are widely used in the livestock and agriculture industries among other uses. In this article, it discusses the common uses of zeolites in the livestock and agriculture industries. In the Livestock Industry, zeolite is purposely used for improving the growth...

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Data Analysis of Rapid PACKTEST Results

Upon the completion of the setup and PACKTEST, you have the data available at hand to record. In your note book you record the readings of pH, Turbidity, Temperature, metal conductivity. Then you have the other sets of data from the PACKTEST results. Each element tested has...

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Characteristics of Zeolite Ore

Like any other matters, Zeolite has two major characteristics which are: 1.      a chemical composition having zeolitic water, and 2.      An excellent ion exchange capability. Zeolitic water is unique in the composition which...

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Zeolite (Boiling Stone) Ore

Zeoilte (Boiling Stone) Ore Zeolite is a term referred to as Boiling Stone. The Term Zeolite is derived from two Greek words Zeo (to boil) and Lite (a stone).  The heated ore supported at the tip of a blowpipe which is used for qualitative research is observed to swell into...

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How to Conduct Rapid PACKTEST in a Well (below 1 meter in depth)

Well is simply a shaft sunk into the ground or built upwards from certain depths below a natural surface of the ground which extends further above certain heights of the natural surface of the ground  Wells can be naturally occurring or man-made. Man-made wells are...

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