Backfill – The Other Tailings Storage Facility: Part 1

Promoting the Role of Backfill in Tailings Management
For many years, tailings management and mine backfill have largely been treated as separate processes. Is this still the right way to think? As the mining industry continues to reconsider how tailings are managed, there is an opportunity to take a more integrated view. In this three-part series we explore how backfill can become the primary tailings storage facility.