Environment

Future-proofing against climate changeWhat does it take to develop a climate-resilient mine site? (Short answer: good climate data models and a willingness to accept them)

What does it take to develop a climate-resilient mine site? (Short answer: good climate data models and a willingness to accept them)

By Cecilia Keating

April 21, 2020

A summer storm that struck the northern Ontario town of Timmins in 1961 has served as the benchmark that Canadian tailings dams have been designed to withstand. The late-night downpour, which killed a family and ripped up roads, foundations and homes, breached the tailings dam of the Coniaurum gold operation, spewing waste into a local river. The 48-year-old gold mine closed soon after.

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