Tailings dams: Sealing systems through the ages

Introduction Tailings dams are mining waste dumps where the products of mineral extraction are deposited. These residues consist of fine-grained material and are usually deposited hydraulically. In principle, these processing residues can be generated in the energy sector (e.g. ash) or in the mineral extraction industry (gold). Neglected for decades, the industry's attitude towards tailings […]

Guideline 836.4107 – Building in water protection areas

Technical article, Applications, Geogrids, Geosynthetic Barriers, Geosynthetics, geotextiles, Groundwater protection, Materials, Railway construction

1. Scope and principles The guideline "836.4107 Construction in water protection areas" is a continuation of the previously applicable regulation "836.0509 Water protection and soil protection". The new guideline takes into account the advancing state of the art and the further developed legal basis. Thematically, this guideline is related to guideline "836 Planning, constructing and

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