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RST's advanced technology treats and rehabilitates tailings dams at mines and power plants

By: Issuewire
Workers at a power station treat fly ash in an ash pond with RST

Gold Coast, Queensland Feb 15, 2021 (Issuewire.com) - A global industry leader in fine particle management, Reynolds Soil Technologies (RST), has developed a range of services to treat and rehabilitate tailings dams in response to challenges involved in meeting environmental obligations for tailings storage.

RST's advanced crusting agents are used by mine operations and power plants to prevent fine particles from becoming airborne when the surface moisture in tailings dams is evaporated or recycled.

Hydroseeding and hydromulching technologies developed by RST are also being utilised for the long-term rehabilitation of tailings dams to support revegetation of the land that is no longer in use.

With environmental requirements becoming more rigorous, companies responsible for the management of tailings dams are looking to RST for practical and affordable solutions that meet high standards and minimise the use of excessive water.

RST Operations and Technical Director David Handel said his team provided short and long-term solutions to assist major mines and power plants reduce the risk and meet environmental obligations for dust control on some very large tailings dams both in Australia and overseas.

He says there is currently a no-cost alternative to crusting for suppressing dust on tailings dams, other than revegetation, which was the long-term goal for companies managing tailings dams.

"But these tailings storage facilities need to get to that point. There are water recovery and evaporation processes then compaction, and the dry tails that are left behind require tailored dust control," Mr. Handel said.

"When a company is ready to rehabilitate the tailings, it can involve laying a capping liner to seal it off before applying topsoil to revegetate. We can treat a full tailings dam and seal in the fines by putting a clay capping over the whole surface.

"We have developed a very cost-effective product named COMPAC which is added to the application water used to compact the clay capping which reduces the materials rate of permeability (K Factor), by one to two levels of magnitude which means that a significantly thinner clay capping design can be used which offers our clients enormous savings through the large reduction in imported clay material."

RST products are more widely used as part of an operation's care and maintenance program to bind dry waste material on tailings dams with a strong crust durable enough to suppress dust for up to 12 to 18 months, allowing site operators to meet environmental obligations in the short term.

When recommending a suitable product for use on a specific site, RST assesses the waste material contained in tailings dams and the environmental elements to which the tailings fines are exposed.

RT5 Superskin is applied at ultra-low dosage rates to control fugitive dust on tailings dams for long periods of time by sealing surfaces with a veneer coat while bonding the materials under the outer crusts. The film-forming properties of its blended heavy viscous 'aggregating and binding polymers' form a strong, durable, and flexible crust that eliminates dust lift-off with a single application that will not leach away, even if it rains directly after application before a crust has fully formed.

RST's highly elastic film-forming polymer technology Total Ground Control is a wind-resistant binding and crusting product that works on all types of fines material. It is applied to tailings waste with a spray system designed to penetrate about 10 ml into the ground and is insoluble when dried for long-lasting dust control.

Micro cross-linked polymer additive Guardian Dust Binder maximises water penetration by improving the water properties for open-source emission ground sealing. Guardian Dust Binder is a universal dust suppressant that binds all fine particles together to significantly reduce dust, erosion, and sediment. Guardian has a unique property in that if surface cracking does occur through material shrinkage, the product can 'self-repair' after rain events.

For revegetation processes of tailings dams, RST's Hydromulch Tackifier is used to bind seed and mulch to the soil substrate, assisting in the soil aggregating and moisture-holding process for the new vegetation to penetrate the soil structure with their root systems.

Seed Stay & Grow promotes faster seed growth by allowing water to penetrate and soil to breathe while forming a soil crust that binds seeds to the ground and minimises dust and erosion until the seeds germinate and vegetation takes over.

RST's range of products are environmentally safe and can be applied using conventional water spraying equipment, including water trucks, aeroplanes, helicopters, and irrigation systems. RST can also supply a complete range of product dosage, application, and spray equipment, however before specialists decide which product is best suited for an operation, they evaluate if any existing spray system could be implemented in an ongoing maintenance program.

With operational challenges and environmental conditions differing at every site, RST specialises in customising products and services to suit various requirements for dust control, surface stabilisation, and erosion mitigation. Material type, application equipment, and processes, climatic conditions, and water availability and quality are among the factors considered by RST when delivering the right solutions for clients, backed by the company's 30 years in the field of fine particle management.

RST is an Australian business operating internationally, with presence and projects currently in the United States of America, China, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Mongolia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, India, Colombia, Chile, Croatia, Argentina, Peru, Brazil, Mexico, Lithuania, and the United Arab Emirates.  

For more information, contact Reynolds Soil Technologies on (07) 5522 0244 or visit www.rstsolutions.com.au.

A water cart is used to apply RSTAerial view of RT5 Superskin applied to a gold mine tailings dam with Shamrock Green Identification pigment

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