MANAGEMENT

MAC: Canada leading the way on tailings management regulations

Globally, an estimated 29,000 to 35,000 tailings storage facilities contain 223 billion tonnes of tailings.

Canada is asserting itself as a global leader in the tailings management and oversight space.

Canada is asserting itself as a global leader in the tailings management and oversight space.

On August 4, 2014, the Mount Polley tailings dam in British Columbia failed, releasing 17 million cubic meters of water and 8 million cubic meters of tailings/materials into Polley Lake, Hazeltine Creek...

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