There are different ways of transporting tailings to flotation tailings, this paper presents all of them that are in use in Europe. For conventional storage, tailings are generally discharged from outfalls located along the embankments (dams) of the facility. For surface thickened disposal and paste storage, the tailings are generally discharged from a central location - either through risers or from point sources that are raised during the life of the plant. There is also dry stacking of tailings, ...
Sandra Milutinović, Milena Kostović, Ljubiša Obradović, Srđana Magdalinović, Sanja Petrović. "Methods of transportation and discharge of tails to flotation tailings pond" in The 54th International October Conference on Mining and Metallurgy 18-21 October 2023, Bor Lake, Serbia, Bor : University of Belgrade, Technical Faculty in Bor (2023)