Affiliation:
1. Zabaikal Railway Transport Institute, a branch of Irkutsk State Transport University
Abstract
Analysis of more than 50 projects of open-pit gold mining and conclusions of the specialists on them allowed us to determine the most optimal variant of design solutions. The article suggests a method of water intake from water bodies for washing gold-bearing sands which helps to maintain sanitary flow of water in the rivers for preservation of aquatic flora and fauna. The following measures have been considered and suggested the most cost-effective and easy solution – an automatic lowering of the water level in the pioneer and working sumps to the design value during the summer rain floods was proposed.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Pollution,Ecology