Tailings dams rank among the largest engineered structures on earth. The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke in Alberta, Canada, is an embankment dam...
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of tailings dams and the ensuing release of toxic metals in the environment is a great concern. The standard of public reporting on tailings dam incidents...
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comminution, tailings consist of a slurry of fine particles, ranging from the size of a grain of sand to a few micrometres. Mine tailings are usually produced...
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man-made dams by volume of fill/structure. By general definition, a dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams, hence tailings dams are relegated...
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2016-03-08 at the Wayback Machine Bureau of Reclamation Mount Polley mine: Ex-engineers warned tailings pond 'getting large' Floods from tailings dam failures...
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There are many tailings dams on those leases. The lease that has the greatest number of tailings dams, and the largest tailings dams, is the Mildred...
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Baogang Tailings Dam, also known as the Baotou Tailings Dam or Weikuang Dam, is a tailings dam in Inner Mongolia, China, on the outer ring of the city...
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Brumadinho dam disaster occurred on 25 January 2019 when a tailings dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine suffered a catastrophic failure. The dam, located...
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material is moved to tailings dams as waste, as was the case at the Merriespruit No. 4 facility. As is typical with gold tailings in South Africa, the...
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body, or by means of a drain pipe. A tailings dam is typically an earth-fill embankment dam used to store tailings, which are produced during mining operations...
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