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As rescuers work to recover the missing, concern over a potential tailings dam breach is also mounting. Photo: SSR Mining
ENVIRONMENT

Rescuers searching for miners missing after gold mine accident in Turkey

A landslide swept through the area that is home to the Çöpler gold mine

13 February 2024

The approval paves the way for project infrastructure construction in an area with surface and groundwater sources.
MANAGEMENT

El Domo earns 'milestone' water permit

The El Domo team is also awaiting a tailings dam facility review

03 October 2023

AngloGold Ashanti has temporarily suspended tailings deposits at AGA Mineracao.
ENVIRONMENT

AngloGold Ashanti finds crack in Brazil unit tailings dam

AngloGold Ashanti will temporarily suspend activities after finding a crack in a tailings dam.

24 October 2022

BHP completed the tailings dam for its Spence copper mine.
PROCESSING

BHP completes expansion of Chile tailings dam

The tailings dam was waterproofed as it was expanded.

10 January 2022

The Sul Superior tailings dam from a 2018 image taken from Google Earth
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale starts 'decharacterisation' of tailings dams

All activities will be fully executed remotely using unmanned equipment from a control centre.

05 July 2021

 A water cart is used to apply RST's Total Ground Control to treat the fine particles of a dry tailings dam of a bauxite mine
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Reynolds Soil Technologies targets tailings

After water recovery and evaporation comes compaction, and then dry tails require dust suppression.

12 January 2021

 Barragem 5 dam in Minas Gerais state
GEOMECHANICS / GROUND CONTROL

Vale activates emergency protocol for another dam

Level one emergency protocol for Barragem 5 tailings dam.

30 July 2020

 At the Grassy Mountain mine project in Malheur County, Oregon, US
MANAGEMENT

Grassy Mountain dam design gets go-ahead

US gold mine gets key state approval for project.

15 July 2020

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