Arsenic Mobility in the Cu-W-As Tailings in SE Findland

Mining & Minerals - Evaluations / Wastes & Environmental Issues

Date posted: 06/15/13

From Authors Abstract: The primary source of As in the unoxidized tailings is arsenopyrite (up to 7,000 mg/kg), whereas the oxidized surface layer is nearly depleted in arsenopyrite and other sulfide minerals (less than 73 mg/kg As). See Proceedings of Conferences herein.