Resource

Basic Performance Monitoring and Instrumentation for Tailings Dams

Resource Type
Newsletters / News Bulletins
Reference Title
Basic Performance Monitoring and Instrumentation for Tailings Dams
Author/Presenter
Cobb, Charles F.
Bachus, Robert
Snow, Robert E.
Organization/Agency
U.S. Society on Dams
Publisher Name
Naylor
Year
2022
Date
Spring 2022
Journal Title
Dams and Levees: Bulletin of the United States Society on Dams
Journal Volume
188
ISBN/ISSN
ISSN 1083-1282
Abstract/Additional Information

Recent failures of mine tailings dams caused the mining and geotechnical consulting industries to take a hard look at the design, construction, operation, management, and closure of tailings storage facilities (TSFs)Display footnote number:1, resulting in draft technical and regulatory guidance initiatives from collaboration between USSD and ASDSO tailings dam committees and the publication of the 2020 Global Industry Standard for Tailings Management.