Sustainable Reuse of Mine Tailings as Cemented Backfill for Urban Ground Stabilization: Geomechanical and Numerical Assessment in Zaruma, Ecuador
The sustainable reuse of mine tailings as engineered backfill offers a potential strategy for simultaneously addressing mining-waste management and underground instability in historical urban mining districts. This study evaluates the geomechanical response of shallow underground galleries beneath Zaruma, Ecuador, by i...