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  The Tailings Center - Mining Engineering

  An Industry/University Research and Education Center Sustainable management of mine waste requires an experienced and multidisciplinary team of trained engineers to design, construct, operate and monitor Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF) from conceptualization through closure. Historically, tailings engineers have received on-the-job training in mine …

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  Sustainable design of tailings dams using geotechnical and …

  202232 · Results indicated that the horseshoe-style geomorphic tailings dam design performed better than the others for each of the analyses completed. The horseshoe design consisted of interspersed catena slopes and uniform slopes, which resulted in a type of buttressing effect that enhanced the geotechnical stability of the dam while also reducing …

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  PeckTMFgood practice - UNECE

  2021128 · On July 19, 1985, a fluorite tailings dam of Prealpi Mineraia failed at Stava, Trento, Italy. 200,000 m 3 of tailings flowed 4.2 km downstream at a speed of up to 90 km/h, killing 268 people and destroying 62 buildings. The total surface area affected was 435 hectares. Analysts conclude that the dams were constructed with an unacceptably low ...

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  (PDF) Physico-chemical Characteristics of a Gold Mining Tailings Dam ...

  201311 · The tailings dam stores process effluent from the gold extraction plant. Wastewater samples taken from the tailings dam were analyzed for physico-chemical characteristics.

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  GUIDELINES ON TAILINGS DAMS

  20191221 · ANCOLD Guidelines on Tailings Dams Membership of the ANCOLD Working Group Membership of the ANCOLD working group for Guidelines for Tailings Dams - Planning, Design, Construction, Operation and Closure. David Brett, (Convener) Senior Manager, Mine Water and Waste Management - GHD Pty Ltd

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  Safety guidelines and good practices for tailings …

  2021128 · afety guidelines and good practices for tailings management facilities.Authorities, tailings management facility operators and the public are invited to apply these guidelines and good practices, which are intended to contribute to limiting the number of accidents at tailings management facilities and. he severity of their consequences.

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  Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management - UNEP

  20201128 · The Global Tailings Review convened by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) launched the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management. The Standard was developed by a multi-disciplinary Expert Panel, with …

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  CHAPTER VIII CLOSURE AND RECLAMATION - Global …

  202098 · maintaining operational dam safety. This chapter provides an overview of leading practices for design, construction, deposition, stabilisation, decommissioning, capping, reclamation, and aftercare for tailings facilities. It builds on the work detailed in Sustainable design and post-closure perfo

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  Tailings Dams: Where Mining Waste is Stored Forever - PBS

  2012730 · Stava, Italy: In 1985, tailings dams built to store waste from flourite mining failed due to poor design and extreme water pressure. Two hundred thousand cubic meters (186,462 cubic miles) of ...

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  Accounting for tailings dam failures in the valuation of mining ...

  2019101 · The sensitivity of the expected values was evaluated over a range of values of the key parameters. This research provides senior decision-makers with tools to evaluate different options regarding tailings dam safety from a financial point of view, and provides financial evidence in favour of safer treatment processes for mining waste.

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