Tailings Plant Discussion: blogs, news, podcasts, downloads...

Update: A Workshop from the Intelligent Miner

In summer 2026, Carly Leonida was joined by Brian Ayres, Karen Chovan, Tabatha Chavez Matus and Trevor Sparks for a workshop on tailings management and has now created a document that is so much ore than a simple summary or transcription of the conversation. Find it here

Comment: Clays and their effect on dewatering

In this article, Andrew Vietti of Vietti Slurrytec discusses some of the most important factors that affect the dewaterability and, hence, process and equipment choices and size. Not all tailings streams are alike, nor, crucially are process waters.

Cloth Management: Innovation from Diemme Filtration

Filter cloths can be the most costly line item in filter plant OPEX. This article, from app sponsors Diemme Filtration, highlights the capacilities of Optycare, launched earlier this year and already operating on filtration plants.

Publications: the Tailings Management Consortium

BHP and Rio Tinto formed the Tailings Management Consortium (TMC) to develop solutions for sustainably improving tailings dewatering and management. Click 'Read More' for links to the resulting publications.

Comment: Mine Closure, its importance and how dewatering can have an impact.

Sonia Finucane, Principal, Approvals & Closure at Strategic Mines, discusses the importance integrated planning for mine closure.

Article: sizing ceramic disc filters for our duty.

A sizing example using a real case and highlighting some aspects of this type of filter.

Install tailingplant.app on your desktop.

Step-by-step instructions on installing (and removing) tailingsplant.app as a Progressive Web Application to streamline your workflo

The Kipinat Fortune Teller

Download and follow instructions to make your own.

How many filters could we need to process our tailings?

Article: About Tailings in The Guardian from March 13 2026.

Includes contributors from the ICMM and reports on disasters.

Free Download: "What is the maximum water recovery"?

A simple lookup chart.

Blog: What about water recovery from tailings?

Why is it important? Is it equally important for all mines? Can we improve our recovery? ...

Blog: Time to Break the Cycle: Safer Tailings Management Starts with Mindset and Technology

A discussion from Diemme Filtration about tackling tailings management.

Podcast: Tailings, Trends, and Tools.

A podcast about how much the world of work has changed, how tools have transformed in power and how the most extraordinary achievement might come from the people you wouldn't expect

Blog:What does cake moisture mean in this application?

How do you determine this value, and how does it influence your water balance and cake properties?

Paste Backfill - Repurposing Tailings

David Coulton of Retic Systems outlines key design considerations for effective paste backfill systems.

Blog: Are you and Geotechnical engineers talking about the same thing?

A note on the difference between filter cake moisture and soil water content.