The potential of technogenic formations in mines of the West Siberia

The profit expectations of treating the technogenic formations in mines of the West Siberia are assessed based on the analytical studies. The innovative processing technologies will allow production of marketable concentrates, extraction of noble and rare metals and manufacturing of fractioned ballast stone. Technogenic formation is dumped wastes of previous mining enterprises, which contain sufficient raw material suitable for the efficient commercial utilization and new production with the new technologies applied __________ Translated from Fiziko-Tekhnicheskie Problemy Razrabotki Poleznykh Iskopaemykh, No. 4, pp. 71–77, July–August, 2008.