Tag: Tailings Database
Critics argue that proposed TSF in PNG could wipe out entire villages
Highlights A proposed tailings storage facility in PNG would hold 9.6bn cubic metres of water – twice the size f Sydney Harbour EIS has stated that while the probability of a failure is very unlikely, the extreme consequences of complete...
‘Time has come for miners to make statements about tailings dams’
Highlights “The clock’s very much ticking on implementation and we’ve got an ambitious timeline,” ICMM director, Aidan Davy told the PDAC 2021 virtual forum in Canada ‘We’ includes the ICMM’s 28 member companies – Davy knows the time has come...
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...