Pembuangan

Limbah Tailing
(Tailings Disposal)

Whats Tailing
Notable examples are slimes in the phosphate industry
and red mud in the alumina refining industry.
Tailings are essentially finely-ground rock particles of no
practical or economic value, mixed with water. Tailings
are the residues of ores after the valuable mineral
constituents have been extracted. Hence the nature and
properties of tailings vary according to the nature of the
original ore

Common types of tailings include

residues from the following processes:
Physical separation or benefi ciation processes such as washing
(commonly used in the coal industry); cycloning; jigging; magnetic
separation; or heavy media separation using fluids of high specifi c
gravity;
Froth flotation to extract sulphide minerals;
Leaching with cyanide solution to dissolve gold and silver, and
Hydrometallurgical processes such as acid leaching for some
refractory gold, uranium and lateritic nickel ores; and alkaline leaching
used in the production of alumina from bauxite ores and in some
uranium extraction processes.

Particle Size

Source:
Sarsby
2000

Volume
A mine producing 100,000 tons of copper ore per day also
produces close to 100,000 tons of tailings
Tailings
Disposal

Tantang
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Typical Solid Concentrations for

Various Tailings Types

Source:
Williams
(2004)

Beberapa Alternatif
Pembuangan Tailing

Backfilling
In Pit
Surface Tailling Storage Facility
Dry Stacking
Riverine
Submarine