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The Hydraulic Transport and Storage of Extractive Waste

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Mineral extraction and processing operations result in a significant volume of coarse and fine mine waste materials and, though a proportion might be recyclable, the majority require storage in purpose-built mine waste facilities.

All projects are intended to have an impact on an environment.

—Jean Paul Sartre

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  1. Cantab Consulting Ltd., Ashford, Kent, UK

    Mike Cambridge

  2. Seltrust Associates, Dornoch, Scotland, UK

    Gavin Ferguson

  3. Independent, formerly Wardell Armstrong, Truro, Cornwall, UK

    Nick Coppin

  4. Independent, formerly Amec Foster Wheeler plc, Woodchurch, Kent, UK

    Ciaran Molloy

  5. SRK Ltd, Cardiff, Wales, UK

    Kris Czajewski

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Cambridge, M., Ferguson, G., Coppin, N., Molloy, C., Czajewski, K. (2018). Engineering Design. In: Cambridge, M. (eds) The Hydraulic Transport and Storage of Extractive Waste. Professional Practice in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69248-7_5

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