Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that ...

"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 ...

Just six years on from the horrific Brumadinho disaster, it is still difficult to talk about mine tailings without recalling ...

To avoid damage to the dam or failure, liquids in the tailings dam should not be closer than 400 meters (1,312 feet) to the wall. But there are liquids 195 m (640 ft) from the north wall.

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 lent renewed attention after ...

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 ...

The company decided to move away from a conventional wet slurry tailings dam because the dry storage solution offered significant low-cost design and eco-friendly benefits given Hillgrove’s nature, ...

Larvotto decided to move away from a conventional wet slurry tailings dam because the dry storage solution offered significant environmental and engineering benefits, given Hillgrove’s nature ...