Review of Practices in the Managements of Mineral Wastes
WEBJun 25, 2021 · The extraction of an ore—being composed of an association of minerals containing one or more valuable metals such as gold, copper, zinc, lead and iron—from an open pit or underground mine requires the excavation of large quantities of barren rock followed by the recovery of the bearing minerals of metals of interest (Charbonnier, 2001 ...