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“A tailings dam is a facility that is designed and managed to contain the tailings produced by a mine. A tailings facility includes the collective engineered structures, components, and equipment involved in the management of tailings solids, other mine waste managed with tailings (e.g. waste rock, water treatment residues), and any water managed in the facility, including pore fluid, any ponds, and surface water inflows and discharges”.<ref name="ICMM Tailing Management">[[Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide | Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide, ICMM, 2021]]</ref> | “A tailings dam is a facility that is designed and managed to contain the tailings produced by a mine. A tailings facility includes the collective engineered structures, components, and equipment involved in the management of tailings solids, other mine waste managed with tailings (e.g. waste rock, water treatment residues), and any water managed in the facility, including pore fluid, any ponds, and surface water inflows and discharges”.<ref name="ICMM Tailing Management">[[Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide | Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide, ICMM, 2021]]</ref> | ||
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==Life Cycle of Tailings Dams== | |||
*[[Design and Construction of Tailings Dams]] | |||
*[[O&M of Tailings Dams]] | |||
*[[Decommissioning Tailings Dams]] | |||
==Best Practices Resources== | ==Best Practices Resources== | ||
{{Document Icon}} [[Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide|Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide (International Council on Mining and Metals)]] | {{Document Icon}} [[Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide|Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide (International Council on Mining and Metals)]] | ||
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| Syncrude Tailings Dam; Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. (Wikipedia) |
An industrial waste dam in which the waste materials come from mining operations or mineral processing.
“A tailings dam is a facility that is designed and managed to contain the tailings produced by a mine. A tailings facility includes the collective engineered structures, components, and equipment involved in the management of tailings solids, other mine waste managed with tailings (e.g. waste rock, water treatment residues), and any water managed in the facility, including pore fluid, any ponds, and surface water inflows and discharges”.[1]
Life Cycle of Tailings Dams
Best Practices Resources
Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide (International Council on Mining and Metals)
Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (International Council on Mining and Metals)
Trainings
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Revision Date: 11/18/2022