Six Years Post Fatal Disaster, Mines Start Global Waste-Dam Body January 22, 2025 By Antony Sguazzin An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as tailings...
Collapse of Tailings Dam in South Africa Highlights Need for Global Regulations September 23, 2022 By Nelson Banya The collapse of a tailings dam in South Africa earlier this month has put the spotlight on the need for...
Upstream Mine Tailings Dams Pose Higher Risks of Instability: Study March 5, 2021 By Helen Reid and Jeff Lewis The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings...
TÜV SÜD Hit by ‘Significant Damages’ Claim in Germany Over 2019 Brazil Dam Tragedy January 22, 2021 German industrial inspector TÜV SÜD is facing a claim for “significant damages” in the first civil lawsuit on German soil...
Mining Giants BHP, Vale Accused of Colluding to Cut Payouts to Victims of Dam Collapse October 26, 2020 Brazilian federal prosecutors have accused mining giants BHP and Vale of colluding with a lawyer to reduce compensation for victims...
Mining Groups Should Be Required to Buy Insurance for Tailings Dams: Report June 30, 2020 Mining companies should be required to buy private insurance for tailings dams and their board of directors should be held...
Global Mining Standard Omits Ban on Upstream Dams Sought by Civil Groups June 25, 2020 A sweeping global standard that sets out how the world’s largest miners care for waste dams falls short of measures...