Tailingsinfo What are tailings?
Know MoreTailings 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 of the mine ore and produce a waste stream known as tailings...
Great Falls and the Anaconda Copper Company
Know MoreOct 27, 2016· However, by 1910, the Anaconda Copper Mining Company had acquired the B&M Co and set out to reorganize its operations Gradually phasing out the pre-refining processes of concentrating and smelting, the Great Falls plant began specializing in the refining aspects of copper processing and added an electrolytic zinc plant in 1919...