Mine
Waste/AMD
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AMD= Acid Mine Drainage
Links to Information Sources on
Mine Waste/AMD:
EIPPC Bureau
The
Reference Document on BAT for Management of Tailings and Waste-Rock in
Mining Activities
The proposal for an
amendment of the Seveso II Directive to include
mining is available on the Europa website
EU Piramid project with
Guidelines
on Remediation of AMD
Tailsafe is a
European funded project that proposes to target the
major problems relating to tailings failure
Good Practice in Mining website
jointly developed by the International Council on Mining
and Metals (ICMM), the United Nations Conference of
Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP), and the UK Department for
International Development (DfID) to provide access to a
library of good practice guidelines, standards, case
studies, legislation and other relevant material that
are leading examples of their kind globally
Good Practice in Tailings Finnish
Dam
Safety Code of Practice Partnership for
AMD in
Europe
Los Frailes (Aznalcóllar)
Information US EPA information on
Mineral Waste
Tailings
Information site
Information on
Tailings
Dam Safety Mineral Resources Forum information on Tailings
Dams, cyanide
management and acid
rock drainage.
Australia Framework for
Tailings
Management
Australian best practice information on
Managing
Sulphidic Mine Wastes and Acid Drainage Australian
best practice
information on Contaminated
Sites and Tailings
Containment
The Mining Association of Canada a
useful source of safety and environmental information including a guide on
the Management of
Tailings Facilities
their Operation,
Maintenance and Surveillance and
Crisis Management Planning
Tailing and Mine Waste Conference
Colorado
Mine Site
Drainage
assessment group
The Internet Network on Acid
Prevention provides useful information on acid mine drainage
Best practice booklet on
Cyanide
Management
International Cyanide Management
Code
International Network for Acid
Prevention
South African guidelines on
Cyanide Management for
Gold Mines
International
Mine Water Association - Professional organization with a focus on
mine drainage. Includes details of symposia, journal contents, and links.
Minesite Drainage Assessment Group -
Technical information on mines, mining, and environmental geochemistry --
mining and the environment on land and underwater.
USGS Mine Drainage Interest
Group - Research on mining and the environment, including abandoned
mine lands with comprehensive
Links
section and Mine Waste section
US
Surface mining division on AMD and
reclamation INAP 2003
Report on Treatment of
Sulphate in Mine Effluents US
based Acid Drainage Technology
Initiative
UNEP on
Tailings,
incidents,
AMD
US site on
Dam Safety
Washington State Dam Guidelines
International network for acid prevention
British Columbia
ARD Guidelines
Canadian Dam
Association
US
AMD
Research
Welsh projects on
acid mine drainage
Acid base counting procedures
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