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Vale starts operations at Vargem Grande filtering plant
Vale (NYSE: VALE) has gradually started operations at a waste filtering plant in the Vargem Grande complex, the first of four the company plans to install at sites in Minas Gerais, Brazil, at a cost of US$2.3 billion between 2020 and…
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JV Article: New standard strives to improve safety and transparency in tailings management
The Global Tailings Review (GTR) released the first-ever Global Standard on Tailings Management in August. The standard aims to strengthen current best practices around the management of tailings dams in the mining industry, with the goal of zero harm to…
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Brazilian state rejects Vale’s US$4B offer for dam disaster
The head of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, where Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) Brumadinho dam collapsed in January 2019 leaving 270 people dead, has rejected the miner’s proposed settlement of around 21 billion reais (US$3.97 billion). Minas Gerais’ Secretary General…
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Sensemetrics launches real-time TSF monitoring solution
Sensemetrics, a company specializing in global industrial internet-of-things (IIoT) offerings and cloud technology, has launched an IIoT solution for mining companies and insurers, which provides real-time insights on tailings storage facilities (TSFs). Available globally, the solution provides mine operators with…
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TAILINGS: Three US universities launch Tailings Centre of Excellence
UNITED STATES – The University of Arizona, Colorado State University and the Colorado School of Mines have launched the Tailings Centre of Excellence, a learning space focused on educating engineers on responsible and sustainable mine waste management and advancing research-backed best…
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TAILINGS: Inmarsat releases tool for tailings management
UNITED KINGDOM – Mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat announced the launch of an updated version of its Tailings Dam Monitoring Solution, an internet-of-things tool for monitoring mining tailings storage facilities (TSFs). Dubbed Tailings Insight, the upgraded tool has a cloud version…
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TAILINGS MONITORING: Decipher leads global shift in tailings management
AUSTRALIA – Tailings storage is a significant part of the mining process, and failures can be catastrophic. Decipher is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, delivering cloud solutions for improvements across mine rehabilitation and closure. Following last year’s catastrophic tailings dam failure…
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Considering climate change
How the design of tailings facilities is changing to factor in climate change
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Advances in tailings tech
FLSmidth reports on advances towards dewatering large volumes of tailings
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Ex-Vale CEO and others charged with homicide for dam disaster in Brazil
State prosecutors in Brazil have charged Vale’s former chief executive, Fabio Schvartsman, with homicide after the catastrophic tailings dam disaster last January at the company’s Feijao iron ore mine in Minas Gerais killed more than 250 people. Schvartsman left his position…
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OILSANDS: Alberta developing rules for release of process water
Following the lead of the federal government, Alberta is undertaking a major re-scoping of work with the goal to establish rules to allow for release of process-affected water back into the Athabasca River from any oilsands mine by 2023. Up…
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BACKFILL: Outotec introduces modular paste backfill plant
FINLAND – Outotec has introduced the Outotec modular paste backfill plant (MPB 80), designed for underground operations with low backfill throughput requirements. The unit is an alternative to installing a reconfigured concrete plant. The new product is expected to produce…
