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Reworking Old Tailings Facilities aka Slimes Dams
The following just in from Venmyn Deloitte on reworking of old South African slimes dams or tailings facilities to use the more modern term. All the old slimes dams around the area I grew up are gone… more →
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Reworking Old Tailings Facilities aka Slimes Dams
wrote 4 months ago: The following just in from Venmyn Deloitte on reworking of old South African slimes dams or tailings … more →
Fraser Alexander: A South African Mining Success Story
wrote 5 months ago: South African and tailings history are now richer as a result of a new book on Fraser Alexander. I … more →
Rio Tinto Ranger Mine Water Disaster Repeat of the Past of Too Many Slimes Dams
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wrote 2 years ago: Here is a picture of a mining disaster waiting to happen. This is a mine in Australia that is shut … more →
Acid Mine Drainage threatens Kwa Thema, South Africa. Is this really worse than Global Warming?
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wrote 2 years ago: Growing up on the East Geduld Mine, a gold mine at the far east end of the South African Witwate … more →
Slimes dam (aka tailings storage facility) failure and what it meant to my mining midset
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wrote 2 years ago: A casual conversation in the parking garage involved this question: “What are the five tailings fail … more →
Mining Memories about Bicycles and Slimes Dams
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wrote 2 years ago: Four sturdy metal tricycles bounced across the African veldt. Three maids followed, each wearing … more →
Republic of South Africa Tailings Impoundment Regulations
wrote 2 years ago: More on slimes dams, tailings impoundments, and processed geological materials residue deposits. … more →
History of South African Slimes Dam Engineers
wrote 2 years ago: Here is a link to a paper that I and a fellow author wrote for the conference on tailings and mine w … more →
Admissions of Mine Tailings Dam Failure
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wrote 2 years ago: At the conference in Vail earlier this week, somebody at dinner said this: “I am sick of he … more →
How to avoid the failure of mine tailings impoundments, slimes dams, and earthquakes
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wrote 3 years ago: There is great danger in the power of one individual to exercise his will. We can all point to d … more →
Sustainable Mining revisted: what happens to old tailings impoundments, aka slimes dams?
wrote 3 years ago: Most people like to talk about the benefits of sustainable mining. Seldom, however, do we see a con … more →
