Environment

A global concernTailings management has been brought to the forefront of the industry, but much remains to be done to ensure future disasters are prevented

Tailings management has been brought to the forefront of the industry, but much remains to be done to ensure future disasters are prevented

By Tijana Mitrovic

November 30, 2022

A recent study estimated that over 300 failures occurred at tailings storage facilities around the world between 1965 and 2020.

This past September, a tailings failure at an abandoned diamond mine in South Africa caused heavy flooding and left at least three people dead. The failure at the Jagersfontein mine is the latest in a string of recent tailings disasters, including the failure at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine in Brumadinho in 2019, which killed 270 people and decimated the nearby communities and environment, prompting worldwide outcry and calls for change.

This is NOT A PAYWALL To access CIM Magazine, please create a free account

(Note that by creating an account you are not signing up for a CIM membership.)

If you are a CIM member or have already signed up, click here to log in

If you already have a CIM account, please enter your username (often your email) and your password.

If this is your first time here, you can create a free account

Forgot your password?

More Environment

Campaign promises and economic pressures

Cecilia Keating

Market watchers and policy advocates mull over what levers a new, coal-friendly president can pull

An alternative atmosphere

Kelsey Rolfe

Renewable energy generates heat at the Energy and Mines World Congress