[HTML][HTML] Global magnitude-frequency statistics of the failures and impacts of large water-retention dams and mine tailings impoundments

NM Rana, N Ghahramani, SG Evans, A Small… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The failures of engineered dams that retain freshwater or mining waste (tailings) have led to
socioeconomic and environmental consequences. However, the global magnitude …

The energy implications of averting climate change catastrophe

P Moriarty, D Honnery - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conventional methods of climate change (CC) mitigation have not 'bent the curve'of steadily
rising annual anthropic CO2 emissions or atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases …

An insight into failure of iron ore mine tailings dams

F Otieno, SK Shukla - International journal of mining, reclamation …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Mine tailings dams are surface impoundment structures consisting of raised embankments
that are built to contain mine tailings and mill effluents. In the past, many failures of these …

The modeling of a river impacted with tailings mudflows based on the differentiation of spatiotemporal domains and assessment of water–sediment interactions using …

JP Moura, FAL Pacheco, RF Valle Junior… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The modeling of metal concentrations in large rivers is complex because the contributing
factors are numerous, namely, the variation in metal sources across spatiotemporal …

Use of tailings as a substitute for sand in concrete blocks production: gravimetric mining wastes as a case study

D Méndez, F Guzmán-Martínez, M Acosta… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study assesses the feasibility of reusing tailings from a gold mining area in southern
Ecuador in concrete block (CB) manufacturing. For this purpose, physical, chemical, and …

[HTML][HTML] The catastrophic failure of the Jagersfontein tailings dam: an industrial disaster 150 years in the making.

L Marais, D Kemp, P van der Watt, S Matebesi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study provides a sociohistorical account of decisions made over a 150-year period
about the Jagersfontein mine in South Africa's Free State and the catastrophic failure of its …

Tailings storage facilities in China: Historical failure incidents, existing status, and database-driven quantitative risk assessment

C Su, NM Rana, SG Evans, B Wang, S Zhang - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tailings storage facility (TSF) failures in China have historically resulted in downstream
consequences, including fatalities, economic harm, and environmental contamination …

Seepage stability analysis of geogrid reinforced tailings dam

C Du, H Tao, F Yi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
To investigate the influence of a geogrid-reinforced tailings dam on the seepage stability of
the dam body, this paper was based on the field test of a reinforced tailings accumulation …

Mechanical and acoustic characteristics of sandstone failure at different immersion heights under tailings water erosion conditions

W Dong, Z Xia, J Hu, B Chen, Y Yang, L Zhang… - Theoretical and Applied …, 2024 - Elsevier
To investigate the influence of tailings water immersion height on the failure process of
rocks, intact yellow sandstone samples and yellow sandstone samples with prefabricated …

Forecasting and uncertainty analysis of tailings dam system safety based on data mining techniques

T Hao, K Xu, X Zheng, B Liu, J Li - Applied Mathematical Modelling, 2024 - Elsevier
Tailings dams, as critical infrastructure, play a vital role in ensuring the safety and reliability
of tailings pond systems. Predicting the trend of tailings dam monitoring parameters helps …