tailings ponds Articles

Location: Canada Year: 2012 Working context Oil Sand - Tailing pond dredging - The standard industry practice is to pump oil sands tailings into large settling ponds. There, the heaviest material settles to the bottom, separating from the top layer of water which can be recycled. The problem Oil sands tailings are a mixture of water, clay, ...

Location: Colomac Mine, N.W.T. Owner: Indian and Northern Affairs Description: Tailings water from an abandoned gold mine was contaminated with Cyanide, Ammonia, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Nickel and Zinc. Treatment evaluation involved addition of coagulants and flocculants to precipitate Cyanide, Ammonia and metals out of solution. Chemical ...

PROJECT: CONSOL Bailey Mine Tailings Pond LOCATION: West Finley, Pennsylvania PRODUCTS: BENTOMAT® SDN BACKGROUND: Bailey Mine, located in Southwestern Pennsylvania and owned by parent company CONSOL Energy Inc., supplies bituminous coal used in the generation of electricity. At the site, coal laden sediment is pumped to settlement ponds which ...

The world’s appetite for fossil fuels is not abating anytime soon, and the alternatives fall short. Nuclear energy makes people uneasy, coal is perceived as not being that clean, hydroelectric requires massive capital outlays, solar is still improving and the wind just doesn’t always blow. For the foreseeable future, North Americans ...

Canada's renewable water supplies are being threatened by vast amounts of municipal and industrial waste being disposed of in rivers, lakes and other marine areas. Those industries largely responsible are not paying their share for the clean up according to Statistics Canada. The Industrial wastewater business is huge involving water costs of ...

British Columbia and three Pacific Coast states in the U.S. are counting on clean energy, clean technology and a 'green' economy to grow prosperity and jobs, political leaders told GLOBE 2012's opening plenary. However, increasing global demand for energy will also drive continued fossil energy development including Alberta's oilsands, ...

Everybody in the investment world has a “shoulda, woulda, coulda”-type of story about an Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) investment opportunity that slipped by them. After all, shares of Apple could have been bought for under $4 each back in 1997. Pharmasset (NASDAQ:VRUS) was around $3 a share just four years ago, before it spiked to $160, ...

People of a certain age may remember how their grandmother would use iodine on their cuts and scrapes when they were children. Not only did it leave a stain, but it also stung on the wound. If only the positives of Iodine were available without the negatives. Good news – now they are! BioLargo Inc. offers a number of products that take the ...

How do you clean a stormwater management pond (SMWP) without draining the pond first? A clean-out of the SWMP is required once every 5-15 years to remove accumulated sediments to ensure the pond continues to function as intended. Drainage of the SWMP is not always required to facilitate the clean-out. By combining the pumping and excavation into ...

Aligning itself with a major equipment supplier and dealer helps the company access the tools and expertise it needs without risking too much capital. Aquatech is the distributor for Godwin Pumps of America in Ontario, Nunavut, Newfoundland and Eastern Labrador, all resource-rich territories. A recent purchase of Godwin by ITT Corporation has ...