MM May 2020 issue

A UN Environment and GRID-Arendal report estimates that there are at least 3,500 tailings dams around the world
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Managing future tailings

Inmarsat's Joe Carr discusses the future state of metals demand and tailings management

14 May 2020

An open-pit mine in Lubumbashi, Katanga province in the DRC; photo taken in June 2019, one month before a fatal tailings dam collapse at Glencore’s DRC mine. Photo: Simon Barry
MANAGEMENT

Denser, drier, safer

Post-Brumadinho, the spotlight on water management in tailings has never been brighter

12 May 2020

TSFs are typically built to hold waste generated from mining operations – waste that often contains toxic chemicals
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Applying smarter tailings management

Using new technology for monitoring and managing TSFs in order to prevent failures

07 May 2020

The mining industry generates between 1.9 and 5.1 gigatons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) of GHG emissions annually, the report stated
MANAGEMENT

Building a climate strategy

Consulting firm McKinsey recently released a report on climate risk and decarbonisation in mining

05 May 2020

Improving tailings dam risk profile requires a change in mindset and immediate action, according to Stratalis Consulting
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

An integrated approach

Is it time for an integrated system approach to tailings dam monitoring?

01 May 2020

Dry technologies are gaining ground in the mining industry as a replacement for more expensive (and less safe) tailings ponds
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Managing tailings - sans water

Alfa Laval's tech, used successfully at an Australian mine, could erase the need for tailings dams

28 April 2020

The tailings dam failure at Vale's Córrego do Feijão mine in Brazil in January 2019 spilled mine waste into the surrounding environment, killing more than 250 people
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Executives key to tailings best practice

The MineXchange 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo had a tailings-centred keynote session

23 April 2020

The Global Tailings Standard draft is available to view, but progress on it has been delayed due to COVID-19. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Looking for guidance

Should the currently delayed Global Tailings Standard become enforced regulations?

21 April 2020

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