Lessons from Tailings Dam Failures—Where to Go from Here?
| Autor: | David J. Williams |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Tailings dam
Process (engineering) liquefaction lessons improved management Geology Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology foundation failure Mineralogy Tailings Net present value site settings SAFER Approaches of management Business slurry tailings Activity-based costing Environmental planning QE351-399.2 |
| Zdroj: | Minerals, Vol 11, Iss 853, p 853 (2021) |
| Popis: | Different regions worldwide have adopted various approaches to tailings management, as a result of the site settings and local practices as they have evolved. Tailings dam failures have continued to occur in both developing and developed countries, necessitating a range of tailings management approaches. These failures, while rare, continue to occur at a frequency that exceeds both industry and society expectations, and there is much to be learned from well-documented cases. Tailings management continues to be overly reliant on a net present value approach using a high discount factor, rather than a whole-of-life approach that may result in safer and more stable tailings facilities and may also facilitate the eventual mine closure. There is a need for the further development and implementation of new tailings management technologies and innovations, and for the application of whole-of-life costing of tailings facilities. Changes in tailings management will most readily be achieved at new mining projects, making change across the minerals industry a generational process. |
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