What is the Global Standard on Tailings Management?
Highlights The devastating failure of Brazil’s Brumadinho Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) in January 2019, which took 270 people’s lives, was the tipping …
Brazil steps up fight to tackle tailings dam deficiencies
Highlights Brazilian authorities and legislators are taking steps to tackle the poor state of tailings dams of mining …
Mine tailings: How to effectively manage the risk
Highlights Simon Barry, a lead consultant: risk and standards, at The Advisory Group, shares his opinions on how …
New global tailings standard highlights need for improved monitoring, governance and reporting solution
Highlights 18-months on from the tailings disaster at Brumadinho, the International Council on Mining and Minerals (ICMM) and …
Lessons learned from the Mount Polley disaster
Highlights After one of the worst mining and tailings disasters in recent memory in Canada, a new report …
Research into Mt. Polley dam spill indicates environmental effects on Quesnel Lake
Highlights Six years on after one of the worst mine spills in Canada in 50 years, studies by …
No environmental charges as sixth anniversary of Mt. Polley mine dam collapse looms
Highlights Nearly six years after the collapse of the tailings dam at Imperial Metal’s Mount Polley mine, no …
Miners look to alternative solutions to monitor tailings during pandemic
Highlights The COVID-19 crisis has forced operations to adjust their tailings monitoring techniques with technology and proper planning …
Traditional villages dread living in shadow of Amazon tailings dams
Highlights Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN), the world’s fourth largest bauxite producer, encroached on riverine communities beside the …
How to prepare for the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Dams
The Global Tailings Review update Co-conveners of the Global Tailings Review (GTR) – the International Council on Mining …
