Category: Mining & Resources
Insurance for tailings dams and impoundments
Highlights Until recently, insurance capacity was generally available for mining operations with tailings storage facilities However, following the devastating Brumadinho failure which triggered a regulatory and industry-wide safety review of tailings dams, the insurance landscape has changed very rapidly Download...
K2fly to acquire Decipher’s mining solutions business
Highlights WesCEF’s Decipher Mining Solutions business has been sold to K2Fly; this sale does not affect DecipherAg, which continues to be owned by CSBP Fertilisers Download this FREE guide to find out about the available solutions to help implement the...
Brumadinho TSF failure could have been predicted with tech
Highlights According to a recent study by researchers at the University of Nottingham and Durham University, the dam collapse at Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Córrego do Feijão mining complex in Brazil, which killed almost 300 people two years ago, could have been...
Golder’s 4 key areas to future success in tailings management
Highlights Peter Chapman, the Principal Tailings Engineer at Golder, discusses four key areas which are key to future success in tailings management 6 tools helping Tier 1 & 2 mining companies manage their TSFs in 2021 Find out the different...
End of an ERA at Ranger Mine as operations cease after four decades
In this article: Energy Resources of Australia (ERA) has halted processing activities at the Ranger mine in the Northern Territory today after four decades of operation ERA has been rehabilitating the site towards its expected completion in 2026, however an...
New independent institution to oversee the implementation of GISTM
Highlights Investors have asked all mining companies to confirm support for the implementation of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management The UNEP, PRI, Co-Convenors of the Global Tailings Review, the Church of England Pensions Board and the Council on...
University quantifies 80,000 mines to show the opportunity value of rehabilitation
In this article: An innovative Monash University study has proposed the Mining Incidence Documentation and Assessment Scheme and quantified Australia’s 80,000 active, inactive and unrehabilitated mines to show the value opportunities of rehabilitation Some of the important findings of this...
Cyient supports rollout of Decipher’s cloud mining platform
Decipher, a Perth-based company that provides a cloud monitoring and governance platform for tailing storage facilities, today announced that it had signed an MoU with Cyient, a global engineering, manufacturing, and digital transformation and technology solutions company . As per...
METS suppliers help solve current mine rehabilitation & closure problems
In this article: In the Mine Closure & Rehabilitation episode of the IMARC METS Arena #LIVE online event series, several METS providers showcase their technologies capabilities and explain how their solutions are helping mining companies solve real and current closure...