Paste Tailings Management

This book provides an overview of paste tailings disposal at mine sites. It deals comprehensively with the characterization of sulphide-rich tailings, geotechnical and microstructural behaviour, surface tailings disposal applications, underground paste backfilling, and case studies. The authors place emphasis on the characterization, monitoring, disposal and treatment, as well as environmental considerations of problematic sulphidic tailings. The framework is supported by worldwide case studies.


Erol Yilmaz is a Mining Engineer graduated from the University of Istanbul, Turkey. He received his M.Sc. in mining engineering from Karadeniz Technical University in 2003 and Ph.D. in environmental sciences from University du Québec en Abitibi-Temiscamingue (UQAT) in 2010. He completed his Post-doctoral Research at UQAT and has since then been conducting research at First Quantum Minerals Ltd. Dr. Yilmaz has more than 15 years of rich experience of Industry, Academia and Research. He is author or co-author of many scientific publications and presentations in the area of mine waste rocks and tailings. His expertise covers paste integrated solutions, mine backfill implementation and sulphidic tailings management.

Dr. Mamadou Fall is a Full Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Ottawa (Canada) and the Director of the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Environmental Engineering. He obtained his PhD degree in Geotechnical Engineering from the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology in Germany. He was the Coordinator of the German Research Chair of Environmental Geosciences and Geotechnics. At the University of Ottawa, Dr. Fall has been leading several projects on mine waste management and mine backfill. He has over 15 years' experience on fundamental and applied research on mining geotechnics, mine waste management and mine backfills. Dr. Fall has over 150 publications to his credit. He has been repeatedly invited as keynote speaker or lecturer, and regularly acts as a consultant as well as a reviewer for several scientific committees, peer review journals, and funding agencies as well as he serves on the editorial board of international journals.