The study of utility of tailings for shotcrete production

A. Bascetin, D. Adiguzel, S. Tuylu

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Abstract

In recent years the fact that mining tailings cause serious environmental problems resulted in increasing number of studies about their disposal, storage and usability in various areas. Therefore the new studies about using the tailings for some purposes such as using in shotcrete or producing concrete have been increasing recently. The study is focused on applicability of tailings for producing shotcrete. Under this scope it is considered that mining tailings can bring many advantages in case of that they are used instead of sand, silt or fine aggregate in shotcrete applications. Most important advantages can be listed as decreasing shotcrete cost, decreasing amount if mining tailings to be disposed and the contribution to be provided on sustainable production of sources. The main objective of this study is the investigation of using mine tailing instead of fine aggregate in shotcrete. In this study, 10 shotcrete designs in different proportions were formed, and properties of the mixtures were identified. Then, the experimental results were statistically analyzed, the effects of the amount of the tailing material used on shotcrete properties were presented, and empirical approaches that can be used for the estimation of these properties were developed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSME Annual Conference and Expo 2017
Subtitle of host publicationCreating Value in a Cyclical Environment
PublisherSociety for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (SME)
Pages627-630
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781510836471
Publication statusPublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes
EventSME Annual Conference and Expo 2017: Creating Value in a Cyclical Environment - Denver, United States
Duration: 19 Feb 201722 Feb 2017

Publication series

NameSME Annual Conference and Expo 2017: Creating Value in a Cyclical Environment

Conference

ConferenceSME Annual Conference and Expo 2017: Creating Value in a Cyclical Environment
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDenver
Period19/02/1722/02/17

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