The Minerals Council of Australia has moved to progressively address tailings management issues following the recent spate of tragic world events in the management of mine tailings. Australia’s...
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What’s been the total cost of the 2015 Samarco dam collapse in Brazil? USD $1.5 Billion Dollars so far says CFO Peter Beaven. He added that BHP has provided another USD 2 Billion dollars for...
Vale’s tailings dam woes have continued with fourteen dam/dyke structures failing to meet stability requirements and certification. This follows massive evacuations of towns and villages in dam...
Australian miners can avert catastrophic tailings dam collapses by using intelligence generated from satellite imagery and advanced processing techniques to monitor mine sites, thanks to a ground...
In the midst of the fallout from Vale’s Brumandinho disaster, Rio Tinto says that its Australian tailings dams have engineering certification. The company reportedly has 12 dams in Australia...
The Brazilian Government has reacted to the latest Vale Feijiao upstream tailings dam disaster by prohibiting upstream tailings dams. In the body count, 169 people are confirmed dead and many more...
The Brumadinho tailings dam disaster fallout is increasing in intensity with approximately USD 3 Billion of Vale’s assets frozen by Brazilian Government authorities. Information from the...

