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Tailings Storage Facility

Zambia / North-Western / Mwinilunga /
 dam, tailings
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This is the tailings storage facility for the Trident Project and has a capacity of 1,000 million tonnes and will receive tailings from both the Sentinel copper and Enterprise Nickel processing circuits via pipeline. The dam has a unique circular design with a diameter of 5.5 km and is designed to be 40m high. The initial portion of the dam constructed will provide a period of 15 months of storage capactiy, then over time it will be expanded to its full size and raised using tailings.
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Coordinates:   12°11'14"S   25°18'40"E
This article was last modified 9 years ago