The sudden failure of the dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine in Brazil brought the issue of tailings management and its impact ... an integrated knowledge base; design, construction, operation ...

A breach at a tailings dam in northern Zambia has sparked intense debate over the environmental costs of copper mining. The ...

“Our community is located at the mouth of the waters that flow directly from the construction of the tailings dam and the mining extraction pits,” Abelizario Rodriguez, a resident of the ...

Ecuador unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and construction of mining waste dams, seeking to avoid disasters like the tailings dam collapse that killed hundreds at a Vale site in ...

The company says the projects economics will remain unaffected under the new plans as construction and operational costs are close to those of a conventional wet tailings dam. If anything, dry ...

The company says the project’s economics will remain unaffected under the new plans as construction and operational costs are close to those of a conventional wet tailings dam. If anything ...