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US 2019/0337825 A1Published application
Treatment of tailings
AssigneeExtrakt Process Solutions, LLC
InventorsPaul C. PAINTER, Bruce G. MILLER, Aron LUPINSKY
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Abstract
Processes of consolidating tailings such as from metal and non-metal based ore processes are disclosed. The processes include mixing tailings with a high concentration of a highly water soluble salt or an aqueous solution thereof to destabilize and consolidate solids in the tailings and separating the consolidated solids from process water.
Claims20
A process of consolidating tailings, the process comprising:
- treating tailings with at least one highly water soluble salt to form a treated tailings including a consolidated material in process water;
- and
- separating the process water from the consolidated material,
- wherein the treated tailings have a salt-tailings concentration of the at least one highly water soluble salt of at least 0.5 wt %
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