Morro Do Ouro (Paracatu) Gold Mine

The project included monitoring of a 10 m high trial embankment built on silt gold mine tailings of Morro do Ouro Dam/mine (also known as Paracatu Mine), Brazil. The dam is the country’s largest tailings dam with a height of 120 m and a length of 4 km. Mine tailings were disposed of at the Morro do Ouro Dam. The trial aimed at investigating tailings strength behaviour, which field experience has already indicated to be better than predicted by in situ and laboratory tests.

The embankment foundation was instrumented with piezometers , settlement plates, profilers, and inclinometers , supplied through our Marketing Associate, Terratek Ltd. in Brazil

Project Details Morro Do Ouro (Paracatu) Gold Mine Location Minas Gerais, Brazil Mining company RPM (Rio Paracatu Mining), Kinross group Dam designer Geo Hydrotech, São Paulo Consultant Mr A Landi, Belo Horizonte, Brazil Earthworks Cincoop, Belo Horizonte, Brazil