Reducing the amount of water in a milled tailings storage facility (TSF) is the primary way to reduce the risk of a catastrophic failure. In addition, a significant factor influencing the permitting and development of new mines, or the expansion of existing mines, is the limited availability of water in some mineral-rich countries, which has led to recent advances in water resource management and improved operational practices. Water reduction can be used to thicken the slurry to varying degrees of solids content up to a highly thickened, paste consistency using conventional or positive displacement pumps to transport the tailings, or with filters to mechanically reduce the water and convey the tailings by truck or conveyor. This paper suggests a method to optimize water use and to evaluate and reduce project risks at the conceptual development stage for both a thickened TSF and a filtered TSF.

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管理水以最大程度地降低尾矿储存设施设计、建设和运营中的风险

减少研磨尾矿储存设施 (TSF) 中的水量是降低灾难性故障风险的主要方法。此外，影响新矿山的许可和开发或现有矿山扩建的一个重要因素是一些矿产资源丰富的国家的水资源有限，这导致了水资源管理的最新进展和运营实践的改进。减水可用于将浆料增稠至不同程度的固体含量，使用传统或正排量泵运输尾矿，或使用过滤器以机械方式减水并通过卡车或输送机输送尾矿.