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.
Author: Maureen McGuinness
Fill in the Details: The Evolution of Backfill
Paterson & Cooke’s Maureen McGuinness chatted to CIM Magazine to discuss the evolution of backfill and the key role it has to play in mine planning.



