"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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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Another dam, also used to store the muddy mining detritus known as tailings and co-owned by Vale and BHP Group, had collapsed in 2015, killing 19 people and wreaking massive environmental damage.

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, ...

Mining giant Vale failed to report problems at a massive tailings dam in Brazil that could have averted its collapse, killing hundreds, a government agency said on Tuesday. The Jan 25 dam breach ...

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 ...