Using the Results of Analyzing Solid Waste Products from Ore Processing Industry for Predicting the Chemical Composition of Drainage Water

We have studied the substance of the stored waste products of sulphide ore dressing (clinker waste pile of the Belovo Zinc Plant JSC, tailing pits of the Komsomolsk Gold Recovery Plant and the Salagayevo ravine of the Salair Integrated Ore-Dressing Plant JSC) and recrements planned for storing in the overburden of the ore bodies of the Vedugino gold deposit. Full-scale experiments have been conducted concerning the drainage of the substances of the objects by naturally occurring neutral water. The amount of sulphate ions passing into solution and metal ions has been estimated. Connection has been demonstrated between experimentally obtained physicochemical analytical data (﷿˝ values for substance paste, the acid producing and acid neutralizing potential) and chemical composition of drainage wastewaters (total ion concentration for main technogenous elements such as iron, zinc, copper, cadmium, lead).