Tailings

Tailings are the rejected material from mining and screening operations. Large-scale operations often leave huge piles of this material on site. Often, as in the case of riverbed metal extraction, this has buried valuable river-flat soils under the largely worthless and often contaminated tailings. Modern extraction methods have resulted in less damage but land rehabilitation continues to be a major problem and costly consideration.

External links

• Uranium tailings (http://www.anawa.org.au/mining/tailings.html)
• Tailings Info site (http://www.tailings.info)
• Extox.net (http://extoxnet.orst.edu/faqs/safedrink/mines.htm)