Resource
The Trend Of Tailings Dam Breach Studies
Resource Type
Newsletters / News Bulletins
Reference Title
The Trend Of Tailings Dam Breach Studies
Organization/Agency
U.S. Society on Dams
Publisher Name
Naylor
Year
2020
Date
Summer 2020
Journal Title
Dams and Levees: Bulletin of the United States Society on Dams
Journal Issue
181
ISBN/ISSN
ISSN 1083-1282
Abstract/Additional Information
Tailings dams are not designed and built to fail. However, catastrophic tailings dam failures in recent years, such as Mount Polley in 2014, Mariana dam disaster in 2015, and the Brumadinho dam disaster in 2019 have pressed the mining industry to commit to safer tailings dam management and operation.
