TECHNOLOGY

Getting the best out of spoils

AN ACARP project seeks to identify spoil and floor materials that do not substantially degrade on wetting-up and are therefore unlikely to promote low wall spoil pile geotechnical instability.

Lou Caruana
BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Caval Ridge mine in Queensland.

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance Caval Ridge mine in Queensland.

The first mud sampling and testing campaign has been completed. Representative samples from BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance’s Goonyella-Riverside, Peak Downs and Cavil Ridge mines in Queensland have been...

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