In oil sands mining operations tailings are a mixture of water sand clay and residual bitumen and are the by product of the extraction process used to separate the oil from sand and clay Tailings and tailings ponds are not unique to the oil sands they are used throughout Alberta and around the world in mining and other industrial processes
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Get PriceThe wastewater obtained from tre ating mined sand has high levels of naphthenic acids as well as calcium ions Ca 2 and is not suitable for release to the environment or for recycling back into the extraction process This water has been retained in storage areas for years and is called consolidated tailings CT release water
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Get PriceTailings are the unavoidable and undesirable ground rock and process washwater left over from the processing plant after the desired material has been separated They can consist of a combination of the chemicals used to extract the valuable rock as well as the process water metals minerals and/or other organic elements generated from
Get PriceDepending on the water quality this water is either discharged to natural water or pumped back to the water treatment plant in addition decant water from the top of the tailings pond and water from the underdrainage system is either reused for processing of ore or treated and discharged along with water from mine dewatering
Get PriceIn mining tailings are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an are distinct from overburden which is the waste rock or other material that overlies an ore or mineral body and is displaced during mining without being The extraction of minerals from ore can be done two ways placer mining which
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Get PriceTailings ponds are used for temporary storage of waste materials left behind by the industrial mining process These are filled with elements that are a hazardous byproduct and if not treated properly can be toxic to the environment The mixture in tailings ponds consists of waste created by the extraction process and water to create a slurry
Get PriceTailings are the residue of the milling process that is used to extract metals of interest from mined ores During this process ores are first milled and finely ground and then treated in a hydrometallurgical plant Since the extracted metal represents only a small percentage of the whole ore mass the vast majority of the material mined ends
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Get PriceTailings ponds are normally located in a part of the lease that has little or no bitumen Tailings produced in Extraction and Froth Treatment normally contain about 50% water These tailings streams are pumped out to the tailings pond where the solids settle to the bottom of the pond and clarified water is pumped back to the main processing plant
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