A Parameterized model for assessing environmental impacts from tailings: a life cycle assessment approach

Abstract

Problem: Various tailings site have specific emissions - Interactions with environment may cause acid mine drainage - The needs to create an environmental impacts predictor for tailings storage facilities, considering short- and long-term perspectives Approach: Environmental assessment with site-specific factors - Life cycle assessment (LCA) implementation in mining is limited - Tailings life cycle inventory are somewhat generic in LCA databases - Combining robust models (geochemical, hydrology) with LCA