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By George W. Poling, Derek V. Ellis, James W. Murray, Timothy R. Parson, Clem A. Pelletier

This booklet files the main large learn ever at the use of deep sea tailing placement on the Island Copper Mine on Canada’s Vancouver Island. The learn tested all features of this cutting edge software which applied four hundred million hundreds tailing solids, starting with its preliminary implementation in 1971 to 5 years after the mine’s closure in 1995. insurance contains placement software, engineering, chemical, organic, fee discount rates and environmental issues. contains eight colour pages

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In the early years of this mine’s life, graduate thesis work focused more on the physical and geomorphological aspects of DSTP. Gradually, university research at this site changed to emphasize environmental and biological topics. Student projects were often funded jointly by monies from both BHP Billiton (formerly Utah Mining) and government sources. Most of this research work has been published in internationally refereed technical journals and proceedings of conferences and books. com>. ca. MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS The Province of British Columbia Pollution Control Permit No.

One unfortunate outgrowth of the change in the numbers and status of the TEAC was a subsequent decline in the numbers of post-graduate thesis students working on © 2002 by the Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. All rights reserved. Electronic edition published 2009. SELECTION OF SUBSEA TAILING PLACEMENT the ICM DSTP project. In the early years of this mine’s life, graduate thesis work focused more on the physical and geomorphological aspects of DSTP. Gradually, university research at this site changed to emphasize environmental and biological topics.

A. Pelletier. 1972. The establishment and implementation of a monitoring program for underwater tailing disposal in Rupert Inlet, Vancouver Island, BC. In Tailing Disposal Today. San Francisco: Miller Freeman. 512–552. ICM. 1972. C. ICM. Vancouver, BC: UBC. ———. 1973. C. Vancouver, BC: UBC. Ker, Priestman and Associates, Ltd. 1975. Study of Tailings Disposal on Land. Corporate report. Victoria, BC: Ker, Priestman and Associates. A. 1970. A Criticism of the Proposed Dumping of Mine Tailings into Rupert Inlet by Utah Mining and Construction Co.

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