In their report, the researchers revealed that the Panama mine’s tailings dam was at serious risk of failure due to internal ...

the tailings dam collapse in the town of Brumadinho may be Brazil’s deadliest-ever mine disaster. In recent days, Vale has vowed to keep paying taxes on the paralyzed mine and donate 100,000 ...

The incident began on Feb. 18, when the tailings dam collapsed at the mine run by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia, which is majority owned by the China state-owned China Nonferrous Metals Industry Group.

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. Two ...

And in December 2024, 15 federal Fisheries Act charges were laid against the mine's parent company, Imperial Metals Corp., and two other firms over the collapse of the tailings pond dam ...

Poorly constructed and maintained mine tailings dam structures are a significant threat to human safety, the environment and shareholders, the guidelines said. The GISTM was established after the 2019 ...

Ecuador's Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources said it would ban the use of so-called upstream tailings dams Ecuador unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and ...