"Designing a tailings dam where a failure is going to result in ... It projected that a breach of South Dam 1 could unleash a "28-foot-high wall of water," traveling at "more than 20 miles per ...

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The need for better risk management and early-warning systems for tailings dam management is an increasingly important part of mining companies’ operations. The issue was the focus of renewed ...

An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as tailings kicked off Tuesday, six years after the collapse of a dam owned by ...

Tailings dam disasters can be prevented using a combination data analytics, IoT technology and engineering expertise.

Six months after the red mud tragedy in Hungary, tailings dams in Central and Eastern Europe continue to be a major cause for concern in the region. We visit Medet, the largest tailings dam in the ...

In a bid to help make mine tailings safer for people and the environment, a global institute has been launched in South Africa which has also been selected as the location of the independent, ...

Ecuador's Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources said it would ban the use of so-called upstream tailings dams Ecuador unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and ...

Globally, mining waste materials are on the rise, and tools including AI and digital mapping are stepping in to mitigate and ...