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  1. Tailings - Wikipedia

    Coal refuse, also known as coal waste, rock, slag, coal tailings, waste material, rock bank, culm, boney, or gob, is the material left over from coal mining, usually as tailings piles or spoil tips.

  2. What are Tailings - Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration

    Tailings are a by-product of mining. After ore containing an economically-recoverable commodity is mined from the earth, that commodity is extracted in a processing plant or mill. After the …

  3. Tailings.info What Are Tailings? - Their nature and production

    Tailings consist of ground rock and process effluents that are generated in a mine processing plant. Mechanical and chemical processes are used to extract the desired product from the run …

  4. What Are Mining Tailings? – The Institute for Environmental …

    Jun 14, 2025 · Tailings are the fine-grained waste materials left over after mineral processing, while mine waste rock is the rock that is removed to access the ore body. Both can pose …

  5. Meet a U.S. Start-Up Trying to Break China’s Rare-Earth Monopoly

    6 days ago · Companies like Phoenix Tailings, which recently began producing metal in New Hampshire, are using new processing methods to compete with Chinese suppliers.

  6. About Tailings - Global Tailings Review

    Tailings is a common by-product of the process of extracting valuable minerals and metals from mined ore. They usually take the form of a liquid slurry made of fine mineral particles, created …

  7. Tailings are not the same as waste rock, the latter being soil or rock or other material that covers or surrounds an orebody and that is displaced during mining but is not processed.

  8. What are Tailings – Understanding the Aftermath of Mining

    During the mining process, valuable minerals are extracted from ore, leaving behind a mixture of water, minerals, and other materials known as tailings. These tailings can pose environmental …

  9. ICMM - About Tailings

    Tailings is a common by-product of the metals and minerals recovery process. It usually takes the form of a liquid slurry made of fine metal or mineral particles and water – created when mined …

  10. Tailings Definition - AP Environmental Science Key Term | Fiveable

    Tailings are the waste materials left over after the extraction of valuable minerals from ore during the mining process. These materials, which often consist of finely ground rock and chemical …