Tailings dam failures - Why do they continue to occur?

Mining Engineering (Littleton, Colorado)

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 57-60

  East, D R ^a  

^a Knight Piesold and Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; MINE WASTE; TAILINGS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0034465088     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Dam Review Team, 1996, "Final report on technical causation, Omai tailings dam failure," January.
2. Government of Guyana, 1996, "Report of Commission of Inquiry into discharge of cyanide and other noxious substances into the Omai and Essiquibo Rivers," January.
3. Haue, J.P., 1996, Discussion on the failure of the Omai tailings dam.
4. Mining Journal, 1998, articles published in the May 1 and Oct. 2 issues, London.
5. Morgenstern, N.R., 1998, "Geotechnics and mine waste management," Keynote lecture, International Symposium on Seismic and Environmental Aspects of Dam Design, Santiago, Chile.
6. Omai Gold Mines Ltd., 1993, Letter requesting proposals to supply geotechnical services (Contract OGML E10), January.
7. United Nations, 1996, "Environmental and safety incidents concerning tailings dams at mines," United Nations Environment Program, May.
8. Vick, S.G., 1996, "Failure of the Omai tailings dam," Geotechnical News, Vol. 14, No. 3.
9. Wagner, F., 1996, "The Merrispruit slimes dam failure - overview and lessons learned," Symposium on Case Studies in Geotechnics, SAICE Geotechnical Division, Johannesburg, South Africa.