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An industrial waste dam in which the waste materials come from mining operations or mineral processing. | 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”.<ref name="ICMM Tailing Management">[[ | “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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==Best Practices Resources== | ==Best Practices Resources== | ||
{{Document Icon}} | {{Document Icon}} [[Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide]] | ||
{{Document Icon}} [[Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management]] | |||
==Trainings== | ==Trainings== | ||
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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]
Examples
Best Practices Resources
Tailings Management: Good Practice Guide
Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management
Trainings
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Revision ID: 3097
Revision Date: 09/15/2022