Environmental advocates argue that the risks posed by the project's tailings dams could have dire consequences for the Great Lakes ecosystem and residents living downhill. At the heart of the case ...

In January 2000, a disaster like this happened at the Baia Mare Tailings Dam in Romania. A tailings dam is a type of embankment dam, designed to contain mining waste. Melting snow and pounding ...

adding that the new fleet of ADTs will be used for future construction projects beyond the three-year contract period of the current tailings dam project. “We believe in standardising on one ...

Samarco Mineracao, a joint venture between Vale and BHP Group, has announced plans to invest more than $1bn to restore its iron ore operations to full capacity by January 2028.

Ecuador unveiled new, tighter regulations for the design and construction of mining waste dams, seeking to avoid disasters like the tailings dam collapse that killed hundreds at a Vale site in ...

Imperial Metals Corp. III-T is facing charges of violating the federal Fisheries Act stemming from a tailings dam spill at a British Columbia mine that caused massive damage to trees and polluted ...