ch. 1. Waste engineering, characteristics of mine wastes and types of waste storage
ch. 2. Selection of a site for storage of mine waste
ch. 3. Geotechnical exploration of sites for development of mine waste storages
ch. 4. Environmental and engineering characteristics of mine waste, including stress and strain analysis and laboratory shear testing
ch. 5. In situ shear strength testing of tailings and other waste materials and its interpretation
ch. 6. Measuring the coefficient of permeability in the laboratory and in situ, seepage flow nets, drains and linings, geosynthetics, geomembranes and GCL's
ch. 7. The mechanics of compaction
ch. 8. Methods for constructing impounding dykes for storing hydraulically transported tailings and other fine-grained wastes
ch. 9. Water control and functional and safety monitoring for hydraulic fill tailings storages and dry dumps. Safety appraisal. Special considerations for carbonaceous and radioactive wastes
ch. 10. Water balances for tailings storage facilities and dry waste dumps
ch. 11. Failures of mine waste storages
ch. 12. Surface stability of tailings storages slopes : erosion rates, slope geometry and engineered erosion protection
ch. 13. The use of mine waste for backfilling of mining voids and as a construction material.