Tailings can be transformed into construction material: research
Tuesday, January 16 2001 - 03:30 AM WIB
Tailings waste materials from the copper mining operation in the West Papua province can be transformed into a cement product suitable for road and bridge construction, the Kompas daily said.
The paper said that this was the result of a research conducted by LAPI, one of the various research units of the prestigious Bandung Institute of Technology (or popularly called ITB).
LAPI expert Budi Lationo said that the result of the research could help solve the environmental problem in the mining sector and provide construction material support for infrastructure development particularly in the Papua province.
He said that the first cement product made out of the tailings materials would be used in the Trans Papua road project. (*)