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. 2023 May 16;11(5):462. doi: 10.3390/toxics11050462
TSF Tailings Storage Facility
BATs Best Available Technologies
BAPs Best Applicable Practices
BEPs Best Environmental Practices
GISTM Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management
ICMM International Council on Mining and Metals
UN United Nations
PRI Principles for Responsible Investment
CTD Conventional Tailings Disposal
TTD Thickened Tailings Disposal
PTD Paste Tailings Disposal
FTD Filtered Tailings Disposal
ARD Acid Rock Drainage
Cw Slurry tailings solids content by weight
mtpd Metric tonnes per day
CAS Number Chemical Abstracts Service registry number
pH Potential of Hydrogen index
CIL Carbon-in-Leach
CIP Carbon-in-Pulp
GCL Geosynthetic clay liner
HDPE High density polyethylene
INCO Air cyanide destruction method with sulfur dioxide (SO2)
WAD Weak Acid Dissociable cyanide
CCD Counter-Current Decantation
RO Reverse Osmosis
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
ESG Environmental Social and Governance
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
WHO World Health Organization
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
masl Meters above sea level