CURRENT SITUATION AND ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES OF TAILINGS MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

The advanced techniques for tailing management in Australia is at the global leading level，and the method of life circle assessment based on the risk of a mine is put forward，so as to insure that the risks during the design，operation，closure and reclamation of a tailings storage facility could be controlled at a acceptable low level． Universal experiences of Australia in tailings management are introduced in this paper，including tailings concentration，cover system design and vegetation restoration of tailings． On this basics，progressive technologies of tailing management in Australia have also been summarized， including dewatering tailings，combining disposal，paste，empty hole filling，landscape restoration and tailings recovery respectively，which are proved to be feasible by exampling three mine sites in Australia．