TY - CPAPER T1 - Development and Testing of the World´s Largest Capacity Tailings Filter Press T2 - Paste 2020: 23rd International Conference on Paste, Thickened and Filtered Tailings AU - Wisdom, T AU - Neumann, R AU - Chaponnel, J ED - Quelopana, H A2 - Quelopana, H DA - 2020/11/02 PY - 2020 PB - Gecamin Publications PP - Santiago CY - Santiago C1 - Santiago AB - FLSmidth and Goldcorp partnered to develop the EcoTails® process for mine waste management in 2015. A significant portion of this project was the development of a new, much larger capacity, filter press. A filter press that could filter more tailings at a lower cost and less manpower was needed to make tailings filtration viable for large tonnage open pit mines. The development of this filter press took many years and culminated in a proof of concept filter that operated successfully in the summer of 2019. This paper will examine the need for such a large filter, the drivers for features that are incorporated into the filter, and the results of the successful testing. UR - https://papers.acg.uwa.edu.au/p/2052_16_Wisdom/ ER - DO - 10.36487/ACG_repo/2052_16