VICTORIA — Ministers in British Columbia have approved plans to increase the height of the tailings storage facility at the ...

Figure 1A colour orthophoto captured by WorldView-2 shows the Jagersfontein Tailings Dam after its collapse. Since its release, the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) has been ...

The use of dam surveillance to reduce the risk of tailings dam failure is the topic of an upcoming presentation at Tailings 2018, to be held July 11-13 in Santiago, Chile. The presentation will look ...

The department is currently updating the database of all tailings or mine residue deposit dams in the country that meet the requirements to be classified as “Dams with a Safety Risk”, and called on ...

In the wake of the disastrous Jagersfontein tailings dam failure that killed at least one person, destroyed at least 164 homes and displaced almost 400 residents, all eyes have turned to South Africa ...

A fourth tailings dam was approved in June, in a decision being challenged in the Victorian civil and administrative tribunal Administrators of the Ballarat goldmine have said the proposed new ...

Public satellite and aerial imagery shows that the construction history of the tailings dam that collapsed in Jagersfontein last year deviated from best engineering practice. When the tailings dam ...

Thousands of Brazilians braced Monday for the possible collapse of another tailings dam owned by mining giant Vale that threatens to spew millions of tons of toxic sludge over towns, rivers and forest ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A mine tailings dam in Madagascar has failed at least twice this year, sending hazardous wastewater into a lagoon relied on by locals for drinking ...

BRASILIA, Jan 25 (Reuters) – Two hundred people are unaccounted for after a tailings dam burst Friday at an iron ore mine in southwestern Minas Gerais state. A statement from the fire brigade issued ...