Tailings Dams : Risks of Dangerous Occurrences - Lessons Learned from Practical Experiences

Tailings are the residue of the milling process for extracting metals for ore. They are mostly commonly dumped in surface impoundments (tailing dams), the embankments of which are usually earthfilled dams. In spite of a number of guidelines to their design and construction there are still major failings each year. This book gathers together 221 case records of incidents in attempt to investigate the causes of failure. The main causes were found to be lack of control of water balance, lack of control of construction, lack of understanding of the feature that control safe operationTailings Dams : Risks of Dangerous Occurrences - Lessons Learned from Practical Experiences, was published 2005 under ISBN 9789280720532 and ISBN 9280720538.