Upstream tailings dams may experience slope stability problems when the rate of raising is too fast. Tailings consolidate slowly due to low hydraulic conductivity. The excess pore pressures can build up due to accelerated rate of raising. The cumulative increase ...

<p>This paper presents a review of drained versus undrained methods of static stability analysis of upstream tailings dams, and how these relate to dilatant versus contractant behavior. The authors support the view that for upstream dams constructed of contractant, ...

The environmentally acceptable disposal offine-particled mining and industrial wastes by the formation of hydraulic-fill slimes dams is becoming an increasingly important aspect of the total mining endeavour. Relatively little is known of the behaviour of ...