Methods and systems of dewatering tailings
NZ836703APending Publication Date: 2026-09-25SOMERSET INT FINANCE LTD
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Patent Information
- Application Number
- NZ836703
- Authority / Receiving Office
- NZ · NZ
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2020-09-08
- Filing Date
- 2021-09-07
- Publication Date
- 2026-09-25
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Abstract
Methods of dewatering tailings, including tailings streams that may include a clay, ultra-fine particles, or both. The methods may include providing a tailings stream, dewatering the tailings stream with a dewatering apparatus to produce a first cake and a first residual effluent stream, contacting the first residual effluent stream with one or more additives, and dewatering the first residual effluent stream with a solid bowl centrifuge to produce a second cake and a second residual effluent stream. The methods may include providing a tailings stream, contacting the tailings stream with one or more additives, and dewatering the tailings stream with a solid bowl centrifuge to produce a first cake and a first residual effluent stream.
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