Abstract
The resultant disgusting effect related to failure to produce environmental friendly tailing slurry, call for developing a good management plan for tailing slurry production of the newly introduce dry tailing machine at the Gold Processing Plant of Pakay Gold Company Ghana Limited. Hence, the tailing slurry management plan consists of documented steps put together to enhance the discharge of environmentally acceptable tailing product for further monitoring and usage. The nonexistence of a plan for managing input (40% solid slurry) and output (product) of the tailing filtration plant (dry tailing machine) at Pakay Gold Company is a recipe for systemic disaster which points to the potential of legislative litigation with production and revenue shortfalls. This points out the need for this paper’s assessment of plant slurry threats or opportunities, sets an objective for management plan, develops premises and identifies alternatives of the tailing slurry input and product to enhance the development of a plan for managing the dry tailing machine. Furthermore, additional management plan steps that followed were examination and selection of alternative action plan for environmental toxic prevention model. Moreover, plan for implementation as well as supporting plans and review measures were done to eliminate any future legislative agencies litigation. The aim of this paper is to provide tailing slurry management plan that will ensure the eradication of any potential adverse environmental effect and litigation phenomenon that may be associated with the products of the tailing slurry filtration plant.
Highlights
Tailing slurry is a basic conditioned residual mixture of water, finely grounded solid and lixiviates at the final discharge point of a processing plant
The aim of this paper is to provide tailing slurry management plan that will ensure the eradication of any potential adverse environmental effect and litigation phenomenon that may be associated with the products of the tailing slurry filtration plant
The aim of this paper is to provide tailing slurry management plan that will ensure the eradication of any potential adverse environmental effect that may be associated with the product of the tailing slurry filtration plant (Dry tailing machine)
Summary
Tailing slurry is a basic conditioned residual mixture of water (liquid), finely grounded solid and lixiviates (chemicals for solid dissolution) at the final discharge point of a processing plant. The aim of this paper is to provide tailing slurry management plan that will ensure the eradication of any potential adverse environmental effect that may be associated with the product of the tailing slurry filtration plant (Dry tailing machine). The lack of management plan for tailing slurry input and output product of the tailing filtration plant at Pakay Gold Company is a recipe for ineffective tailing plant operation and legislative tag of war with a closure potential of the company. The aim of this paper to resolve the legislative tag of war with a closure potential of the company will go a long way to ensure cost-effectiveness towards achievement of the set key performance indicators for the tailing filtration plant at Pakay Gold Company. The filtrate product of tailing system is recycled as process water for the plant whiles the cake product is reuse as pit reclamation and construction material after the cyanide level has been tested to be less than 1 ppm (Haigen & Longzong, 1997)
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