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ViroMine™ Technology - a world first in the
treatment of acid and heavy metals
in water and soils.
With ViroMine™ Technology toxic dams can become
reservoirs of clean water before tragedies occur

This remarkable technology can be applied to economically treat acid mine drainage, tailings dam water, sulphidic mine tailings, acid sulphate soils, and waste rock to:

 

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Permanently neutralise acid.

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Trap trace metals and prevents leaching.
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Enhance nutrient retention capacity and promote vigorous plant growth.
 

Trials by the US EPA have proven just how effective this new technology is... and their findings can be found along with other case studies below. You will find these under two categories:

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Treatment of contaminated water.
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Treatment of waste rock, leachate and soil.

ViroMine™ Technology

Mining Waste Treatment and site Remediation

> ViroMine™ Technology is a world first technology, with a proven record to economically treat all forms of mining waste, including Acid Rock Drainage, tailings dam water, sulphidic mine tailings, acid sulphate soils and waste rock dumps.

Check out our new brochure!

   

> A TECHNICAL DATA SHEET that explains how ViroMine™ Technology can be used effectively in the treatment of ACID ROCK DRAINAGE and TAILINGS DAMS.

   

> Fox Resource CASE STUDY shows how ViroMine™ Technology provided a cost-effective way to lower the concentrations of all HEAVY METALS in the TAILINGS DAM to well below target concentrations.

   

> ViroMine™ Technology was effective in treating both the acidity and the metal contamination in the leachate emanating from the HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION WASTEWATER TREATMENT project at Cheongju City, in South Korea. CASE STUDY

   

> This TAILINGS DAM IN PORTUGAL had a dissolved metal load in excess of 6,800 mg/L. Read this CASE STUDY to see how ViroMine™ Technology successfully treated this highly contaminated water.

   

> AMD treated with ViroMine™ Technology in the Baia Mare region of ROMANIA met Romanian Ecosystem requirements and was safely discharged into the environment. View the CASE STUDY.

   

> A CASE STUDY of how ViroMine™ Technology was used to cleanse and purify the MT CARRINGTON TAILINGS DAM containing 1.6 billion litres of highly contaminated water.

   

> A CASE STUDY showing how ViroMine™ Technology was effective in removing metals and neutralising acid in AMD water flowing from a QUARRY'S HOLDING DAM into wetland ecosystems in Queensland.

   

> Within 24 hours of treatment using ViroMine™ Technology the water in contaminated settling ponds at THALANGA COPPER MINES was improved to stock water quality. View the full CASE STUDY.

   

> The SEPON GOLD MINE, operated by Oxiana Resources in Laos, had problems with acid mine drainage management. ViroMine™ Technology treated the pond and a permeable reactive barrier was installed inside a drainage gallery. View the full CASE STUDY.

   
   

> KING RIVER CASE STUDY shows how ViroMine™ Technology was extremely successful in treating the high levels of acidity, the large amounts of leachable and airborne heavy metals in the tailings, and was the only solution that allowed for successful revegetation of the tailings beach.

   

> This TECHNICAL DATA SHEET details how ViroMine™ Technology can be used to remediate SULPHIDIC WASTE ROCK AND SOIL, prevent the formation of acidic leachate, and promote healthy plant growth.

   

> A CASE STUDY showing how the US EPA recently tested ViroMine™ Technology at a severely contaminated mine site in South Dakota - and the highly positive results achieved to date.

   

> Read this CASE STUDY from NSW, Australia, to see how remarkable growth was achieved on ACID ROCK WASTE using Virotec's Terra B™ reagent - and where previous liming treatment had failed.

   

> A CASE STUDY showing the long-term and economic effectiveness of ViroBind™, Terra B™ and ViroGrow™ reagents over lime, and the healthy revegetation achieved in CONTAMINATED SOILS.

   

> The successful remediation of CONTAMINATED TAILINGS using ViroMine™ Technology at a mine site is documented in this
CASE STUDY
. Amazing plant growth was achieved in formerly
barren soil.

   

> In 2004 MINERAL RESOURCES TASMANIA, a Government Department, undertook trials at Rossarden mine site to remediate the tailings using ViroMine™ Technology. Read the complete
CASE STUDY.

   

> In this CASE STUDY CSA COPPER MINE compared the ability of lime and Virotec's Terra B™ reagent to increase soil reaction pH and bind metals, thereby allowing successful revegetation of metal contaminated soils at the site.

   

> An old iron ore mine in ULSAN, KOREA contributed to heavy metal and metalloid contamination of soil and groundwater for a potential property development site. In this CASE STUDY Virotec's Neutra B™ reagent successfully removed these contaminants.

 
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ViroMine™ Technology "may be the only acceptable and sustainable solution from an economic point of view to solve acid rock drainage and acid sulphate soils."

Professor Olaf Schuiling, International Institute of Environmental Engineering, Delft, The Netherlands.
DID YOU KNOW?
The US EPA estimates that, in the USA, Acid Mine Drainage affects over 500,000 sites with a remediation liability ranging from US$33 to US$72 billion.
READ WHAT
THE US EPA
REPORTED

Read the Complete Letter received from the US EPA and impressive results from a trial conducted at the Gilt Edge mine site in North Dakota. The Case Study shows the results get even better as time progresses.

 

June 2007 - US EPA takes major step forward on cleaning up abandoned mines - see the press release.

 
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