Staff are on site 7 days per week performing security and maintenance activities. Tailings excavation, conditioning, and transport operations run 4 days a week.

Excavation of the tailings pile is now occurring on the southwest side.

Excavated tailings material that is too wet is being laid on top of the pile and “conditioned” to reach the desired moisture content for shipping to the disposal cell at Crescent Junction. Conditioning consists of spreading the tailings on the pile and turning the material over several times using a harrow-type farm implement; it also may include blending wetter slimes with drier sands.

The Moab Project is currently shipping one train a day, Monday through Thursday. The length of each train is up to the maximum 36 railcars, each holding four containers. During the month of April 2012,more than 82,500 tons of tailings was shipped to Crescent Junction for disposal, for a total to date of more than 5,184,000 tons shipped.