Residents affected by a highly toxic tailings dam spill in Zambia’s Copperbelt have launched legal action against the Chinese ...

Mining is essential to modern lifestyles. Copper, iron and other mined products are vital to the products many people take for granted, like electronic devices. Being able to buy these goods quite ...

The standard contains 15 principles and 77 specific, auditable requirements for operators to adhere to. Its aims include to "lift the performance bar for designing, constructing, operating, ...

CABILDO, Chile (Reuters) - As heavy rains continue to pummel Chile, cutting off areas of the country and damaging thousands of homes, one community is dealing with a tailings dam rupture that has sent ...

Leaders in Kasese District are raising alarm over the continued erosion of copper and cobalt tailings into River Nyamwamba, ...

Global mining company MMG has long been seeking to build a third tailings storage dam at its mine on the Tasmanian west coast, in the face of strong opposition from environmentalists. It's now put ...

SANTIAGO, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Chile's Antofagasta Minerals, a London-listed copper miner, said on Thursday it completed construction of a $600 million tailings dam at its Los Pelambres copper mine, ...

Vale (NYSE:VALE) said Saturday it is conducting additional checks on one of its tailings dams in Brazil after a routine inspection identified surface cracks, but so far has found the structure remains ...

MMG has shifted its Rosebery mine tailings plan outside Takayna/the Tarkine, with the company submitting plans for a different location after years of opposition to its original rainforest dam.

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