Subsurface grout barriers for ground stabilization in dolomite areas near Carletonville, South Africa

 Artificial lowering of the groundwater level in dolomitic aquifers of the Far West Rand gold mining area has led to the formation of hundreds of sinkholes and subsidences. Where ground movements develop in or around important structures, it has become standard practice to drill boreholes for exploration and to inject mine tailings (slimes), cement and water to fill cavernous zones and arrest further ground movements. Although this method of grouting has mostly been effective, some boreholes accepted such large quantities of grout that the operation became prohibitively expensive. This paper describes an experiment to construct subsurface barriers by pouring wet (high slump) concrete via closely-spaced lines of boreholes into cavernous zones beneath a depression on a provincial road. The barriers required a small quantity of concrete and the zone between barriers was quickly filled by grout. The lack of further ground movements confirmed the success of the project. Received: 22 May 2000 · Accepted: 18 July 2000     

硫酸肼还原-钒酸铵滴定法测定尾矿中钼

矿样经酸分解后,用硫酸肼还原,将Mo（Ⅵ）还原为Mo（Ⅴ）,用8-羟基喹啉除去过量的硫酸肼,然后以钒试剂为指示剂,用钒酸铵滴定Mo（Ⅴ）。方法应用于尾矿样品中钼的测定,加标回收率为99.0％～102.0％,对钼含量3．54％（质量分数）的样品重复测定5次,精密度（RSD）为0．51％;适用于1％以上钼的测定。     

深海多金属硫化物开采作业安全与环境影响分析及对策研究

随着各国对深海多金属硫化物勘探与开发的步伐逐渐加快,为确保并指导承包者在区域内开采多金属硫化物作业安全且符合保护环境规定,首先论述开采深海多金属硫化物的工艺技术,以此为基础结合加拿大鹦鹉螺和美国海王星矿业公司试采多金属硫化物案例,分析其作业过程所涉及的硫矿泄漏、结构失效、机械伤害、火灾爆炸等安全问题和破坏海底动植物群及其栖息地、排放采矿废水尾矿等环境影响,最后就作业安全与环境影响问题分别给出了针对性的对策与建议,可为工程实践提供参考。     

关于用生态工艺解决矿山环境污染问题的探讨

面对我们生存环境日趋恶化的现状,加快对矿山污染问题的解决已成当务之急。本文从提高对环境、生态系统的认识入手,提出用生态工艺解决矿山污染工作的办法。采矿、选矿使用生态工艺（闭路循环工艺）,使矿业活动的固体废弃物──围岩、废矿石、尾矿石建鱼鳞坑、梯田埂。实现“环境补偿”,从而提高了环境的自净能力,使矿业得以持续稳定地发展。     

添加絮凝药剂的尾矿砂浆充填材料的单轴抗压强度试验研究

尾矿充填主要包括3种类型：尾矿砂浆充填、尾矿糊状充填（paste fill）和废矿石充填（rock fill）,其中前面两种充填属于水力充填,第3种属于干式充填。3种充填方法在加拿大的矿山都有应用。压缩强度和渗透性是水力充填材料的关键力学特性,直接影响井下充填的效果。一方面,为了使充填材料具有一定的强度,必须在尾矿砂浆（slurry backfill）材料中添加水泥,其用量非常大,水泥在充填成本中占有很大的比例。另一方面,尾矿砂浆水力充填是利用水力旋流器来分级固体颗粒,颗粒较细的部分将通过溢流派到废矿池中,颗粒较粗的部分回收利用作为井下充填的材料使用,有时充填的尾矿数量不够,需要另外购置砂子混合作为充填材料。如何减少水泥的使用量和从水力旋流器底流增加尾矿砂的细颗粒的固体部分产量,以达到节约充填成本的目的,一直是矿山企业所面临的重要课题。为此,专门研究絮凝药剂对尾矿砂浆充填材料的单轴抗压强度的影响。研究结果表明,絮凝药剂能够大幅度地提高尾矿砂浆充填材料的强度,而且絮凝药剂使用量有一个最优值,使强度达到最大。当过量使用絮凝药剂,尾矿砂浆充填材料的强度则有所降低。     

广西大厂巴里碳酸盐型尾矿的酸化特征及机理

以一个堆放近20年的碳酸盐型尾矿的垂向剖面作为研究对象,采用综合地质-地球化学分析方法,包括尾矿组构及组分分析、X衍射分析以及Sobek-ABA估算和NAG测试等,探讨这类尾矿酸化的地质-地球化学特征及酸化作用机理,获得如下认识:①该尾矿剖面由下至上,随着氧化程度的增强,其酸化作用也逐步增强,呈现出明显的层带结构,即下部C层(还原带及原生带)为未蚀变松散尾砂,中部B层(次氧化带及碱缓冲带)为蚀变松散尾砂层,上部A层(氧化带及酸化带)呈厚约100～150cm的板结硬化层;在A层与B层之间形成一个酸化-碱缓冲界面;而氧化-还原界面则较低,位于B层底部接近C层顶部位置。②碱缓冲作用发生在B层内,方解石为碱质的主要来源。③该尾矿的酸中和有效率约为80%,这可能归因于尾矿酸化所产生的次生纤铁矿、石膏等包裹残余方解石,阻断了中和反应的进行。因此,即便是富含碱性碳酸盐的金属硫化物矿尾矿仍然存在酸化污染的可能性。     

张马屯铁矿尾矿制砖开发应用研究

通过综合分析张马屯铁矿尾矿基本特性,对张马屯铁矿尾矿进行了铁尾矿砖生产试验研究。结果表明,利用张马屯铁矿尾矿,采用压制成型法,可以制备出MU10等级以上的建筑用砖,颜色一致性好,铁尾矿砖为灰色,抗冻性良好。认为利用尾矿制备建筑用砖是一条很好的尾矿利用途径,具有明显的经济效益和广泛的应用前景。     

尾矿堆积坝透镜体分布状态研究

尾矿堆积坝中尾砂透镜体具有复杂的分布状态，对坝体的稳定状况有极大影响。根据工程地质勘察所揭露出的透镜体长度信息，定义了一个分布系数米描述透镜体分布状态，并对德兴铜矿2^#尾矿坝、永平铜矿1^#尾矿坝、安徽某铜矿尾矿坝及银山铅锌矿尾矿坝主剖面进行了分析。结果表明，分布系数能较好地反映出尾矿堆积坝的沉积状况，即分布系数值越大，尾矿坝的沉积状况越好：分布系数与尾矿土的不均匀系数成正相关，与粉砂不均匀系数有定量的关系。这些结果对尾矿坝工程地质勘察资料的分析及尾砂沉积规律的认识可能会有重要意义。     

Mobilization and attenuation of heavy metals within a nickel mine tailings impoundment near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

 The oxidation and the subsequent dissolution of sulfide minerals within the Copper Cliff tailings area have led to the release of heavy metals such as Fe, Ni, and Co to the tailings pore water. Dissolved concentrations in excess of 10 g/l Fe and 2.2 g/l Ni have been detected within the shallow pore water of the tailings, with increasing depth these concentrations decrease to or near analytical detection limits. Geochemical modelling of the pore-water chemistry suggests that pH-buffering reactions are occurring within the shallow oxidized zones, and that secondary phases are precipitating at or near the underlying hardpan and transition zones. Mineralogical study of the tailings confirmed the presence of goethite, jarosite, gypsum, native sulfur, and a vermiculite-type clay mineral. Goethite, jarosite, and native sulfur form alteration rims and pseudo-morphs of the sulfide minerals. Interstitial cements, composed of goethite, jarosite, and gypsum, locally bind the tailings particles, forming hardpan layers. Microprobe analyses of the goethite indicate that it contains up to 0.6 weight % Ni, suggesting that the goethite is a repository for Ni. Other sinks detected for heavy metals include jarosite and a vemiculite-type clay mineral which locally contains up to 1.6 weight % Ni. To estimate the mass and distribution of heavy metals associated with the secondary phases within the shallow tailings, a series of chemical extractions was completed. The experimental design permitted four fractions of the tailings to be evaluated independently. These four fractions consisted of a water-soluble, an acid-leachable, and a reducible fraction, as well as the whole-rock total. Twenty-five percent of the total mass of heavy metals was removed in the acid-leaching experiments, and 100% of the same components were removed in the reduction experiments. The data suggest that precipitation/coprecipitation reactions are providing an effective sink for most of the heavy metals released by sulfide mineral oxidation. In light of these results, potential decommissioning strategies should be evaluated with the recognition that changing the geochemical conditions may alter the stability of the secondary phases within the shallow tailings. Received: 9 April 1997 · Accepted: 21 July 1997     

基于流固耦合作用的某尾矿坝渗流稳定性分析

尾矿坝是矿山重要设施之一,其内部含有大量的水和尾矿,一旦失稳造成的损失不可估量。尾矿坝失稳有众多因素影响,但是坝内浸润线是最活跃的影响因素。本文基于流固耦合理论,建立某尾矿坝有限元计算模型,考虑坝内排水井的存在。模拟坝内不同工况下浸润线分布,对其静力稳定性及流固耦合作用下尾矿坝应力应变场进行分析,并将浸润线模拟位置与实际监测结果进行对比。揭示库内不同工况下浸润线变化规律以及与坝体稳定性之间的关系,并分析评价不同工况下尾矿坝的稳定性。最后,将渗流场与应力场进行流固耦合,模拟出365 d坝内应力位移分布,为尾矿坝施工及安全运行提供可靠的依据及技术支持。