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BREAKING NEWS

TSF Wall Breach at Williamson Mine in Tanzania
https://www.miningreview.com/diamonds-gems/tailings-storage-facility-wall-breach-at-williamson-in-tanzania/

Petra Diamonds Reports Tailings Dam Burst at Williamson Mine in Tanzania
https://www.miningmx.com/top-story/51362-petra-diamonds-reports-tailings-dam-burst-at-williamson-mine-in-tanzania/

Another Tailings Dam Failure – The Williamson Mine in Tanzania
https://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/2022/11/08/williamson-mine-1/

Petra Diamonds Halts Williamson Mine in Tanzania After Dam Breach
https://www.mining.com/petra-diamonds-halts-williamson-mine-in-tanzania-after-dam-breach/

INDUSTRY NEWS

The Real Cost of Tailings Dam Monitoring
https://www.campbellsci.com/blog/real-cost-tailings-dam-monitoring

Calls Intensify for Audits of South African Tailings Dams
https://miningzimbabwe.com/calls-intensify-for-audit-of-south-african-tailings-dams/

New Highly-Durable Isocyanate-Free Protective Coating for Mining Infrastructure and Tailings Dam Facilities
Vitrethane 650 is a Polyurethane coating showing the high durability properties of a polyurethane but is not cured with isocyanate.
https://www.aicoatings.com.au/products/vitrethane-650-two-pack-isocyanate-free-polyurethane/

The Future of Tailings: Embracing New Technologies and Building on the Old
https://www.miningmagazine.com/partners/partner-content/1442953/the-future-of-tailings-embracing-new-technologies-and-building-on-the-old

Criminal Case to be Opened Against Jagersfontein Developments for Tailings Spill
https://www.news24.com/fin24/companies/criminal-case-to-be-opened-against-jagersfontein-developments-20221103

Considering Climate Change in Tailings Dam Design
https://www.cbn.co.za/industry-news/sustainability/considering-climate-change-in-tailings-dam-design/

Queensland Tailings Group (QTG) Announces Lecture by Dr Nicholas Beier on 22 November 2022 on ‘Towards Improved Management and Closure of Mine Waste Structures’
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/7ZSHh1UjXBLauMz

BHP, Rio Announce Joint Tailings Project
 Rio Tinto and BHP will work together to accelerate the development of technology that could significantly increase water recovery from mine tailings.
https://www.australianmining.com.au/news/rio-and-bhp-join-forces-for-tailing-project/

Miners Pool Resources to Stop Further Tailings Dam Disasters
https://cloud.excelplas.com/s/xCidkvjd0uSr3At

Newmont Raises US$1B Through Mining Industry’s First Sustainability-Linked Bond
https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/news/newmont-raises-us1b-through-mining-industrys-first-sustainability-linked-bond/

Knight Piesold Serves as the Tailings Storage Consultant for Caravel Copper Project, Australia
https://www.mining-technology.com/projects/caravel-copper-project-australia/

NEW JOBS

WSP Seeking Graduate Tailings Engineer for Perth Role
https://au.linkedin.com/jobs/view/graduate-tailings-engineer-at-wsp-in-australia-3339731159

WSP Seeking Senior Tailings Engineer for Nevada USA Role
https://www.monster.com/job-openings/senior-geotechnical-engineer-tailings-elko-nv–831785d9-9a61-4219-a3fe-c3c53c928d5b

NEW RESEARCH

Modelling Hazard for Tailings Dam Failures at Copper Mines in Global Supply Chains
https://www.proquest.com/openview/6f601954dd88548cf6b6e8be7db1b9f2/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2032337

Estimating Environmental Damages of a Tailings Dam Failure: The case of the Fundão Dam in Brazil
https://ideas.repec.org/p/war/wpaper/2022-19.html
https://www.wne.uw.edu.pl/application/files/1716/5839/5967/WNE_WP395.pdf

Compilation and Critical Assessment of Observations from a Selection of Historical Tailings Dam Breach Events for Numerical Breach and Runout Modelling
https://open.library.ubc.ca/soa/cIRcle/collections/ubctheses/24/items/1.0421782
https://open.library.ubc.ca/media/download/pdf/24/1.0421782/3

The Microbial Profile of Rivers and Lagoons Three Years After the Impact of the World’s Largest Mining Disaster (Fundão dam, Brazil)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935122020370

Living and Health Conditions after a Mining Dam Rupture: Brumadinho Health Project and Bruminha Project
https://www.scielosp.org/article/rbepid/2022.v25suppl2/e220001/en/

Prevalence of Psychiatric Symptoms and Associated Factors in the Adult Population from the are Affected by the Tailings Dam Rupture – Brumadinho Health Project
https://www.scielo.br/j/rbepid/a/t5yWyqp9M75ymhrNSPYWGMv/abstract/?lang=en

Electroosmotic Dewatering of Iron Ore Tailings: A Laboratory Study to Improve Geotechnical Properties
https://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/ace/2022/7662997.pdf

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