Reclaiming and regenerating environments affected by mining tailings requires greater financing and innovation.

The tailings dam at the open-pit gold and copper mine in B.C.’s Cariboo region gave way in August 2014, spilling mine waste into nearby waterways and causing widespread environmental damage.

A final blow came in November 2024 when De Beers resolved to review its operational plans at the Venetia Mine in South Africa, resulting in the ‘descoping’ of its contract with Murray ...

In its statement, Tlingit & Haida pointed to the 2014 failure of a similar tailings dam at the Mount Polley Mine in British Columbia, operated by Imperial Metals. The failure sent billions of ...

An example of poor environmental standards was given from the collapse of the tailings dam at Chinese MNC Sino-Metals Leach Zambia Limited copper mine in Chambishi on 18 February. The tailings ...

Acidic substances flowing from a Chinese copper mine in the Kafue River brought about a major environmental disaster. The chemical contamination of local water supplies through the emergency put the ...

Ten spill gates at Dix Dam were opened Friday evening amid heavy rainfall, which officials say was a planned release. A video circulated Sunday described an "accidental" release at the dam ...

A federal judge in Colorado ordered Denver Water to halt work on its $531-million project to raise the Gross Dam after finding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly issued a dredge-and-fill ...

Vaal River System Update 2: Five sluice gates remain opened at the Vaal Dam, and outflows at Bloemhof Dam to be increased to manage rising water levels Since the opening of the fifth sluice gate ...