Resource
A Guide to Tailings Dams and Impoundments - Design, Construction, Use and Rehabilitation
Resource Type
Guidelines, Technical Manuals, Reference Books
Reference Title
A Guide to Tailings Dams and Impoundments - Design, Construction, Use and Rehabilitation
Organization/Agency
International Commission on Large Dams
Publisher Name
International Commission on Large Dams
Year
1996
Document Number
ICOLD Bulletin 106
Abstract/Additional Information
This bulletin discusses common problems in the disposal of tailings at mines, quarries and other industries, and identifies safe methods of designing and operating dams and impoundments.
The problems encountered at the end of operations when it becomes desirable to end tailings dam construction and it is necessary to rehabilitate the dam and its impoundment to make it permanently safe and environmentally acceptable are discussed and a final chapter describes some of the governmental regulations controlling tailings dams in some countries.
