Vale to spend $400 million in 2022 to remove tailings dams
Mining News Pro - Brazilian miner Vale SA expects to spend $400 million in 2022 to decommission its tailings dams, aiming to have 12 of its 30 structures eliminated by the end of the year, the company told Reuters on Tuesday.
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Vale seeks more time to remove upstream tailing dams
Mining News Pro - Vale (NYSE: VALE) is asking regulatory bodies in Brazil to extend a deadline for removing 23 upstream tailing dams located in the state of Minas Gerais due to a “technical impossibility” to meet the current February 25 deadline.
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Brazilian miners set to miss deadline for removal of tailings dams
Mining News Pro - Vale and other Brazilian mining companies are set to miss a legal deadline in the state of Minas Gerais for the removal of all tailings dams built using a method linked to past collapses, and the industry is seeking to change it.
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Upstream tailings dams pose much higher stability risks, study finds
Mining News Pro - The most widespread type of dam used to store mine waste is nearly twice as unstable as the average tailings facility, a global study showed on Friday, highlighting the risk of so-called “upstream” construction techniques that some countries have banned.
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Vale raises potential failure alert at three dams
Mining News Pro - Brazilian mining giant Vale has issued a level one emergency alert for three inactive tailings dams in the country’s southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
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New solution for monitoring tailings dams
Mining News Pro - The tragic tailings dam breach in Brazil that killed more than 270 people has focused the world of mining on making tailings dams safe.
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Real-time data can help better manage tailings dams
Mining News Pro - SRK Consulting issued a brief in which the firm states that, following recent tailings dam failures such as the one at Brumadinho, companies are looking at ways to incorporate automated sensors to generate big, real-time data to better monitor and manage these facilities.
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China to inspect tailings dams after leak accident in Heilongjiang
Mining News Pro - China will carry out a one-month long investigation into the hidden risks of tailings dams after a spill at a molybdenum miner last month, authorities said on Friday.
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Brazil shuts 47 mining dams deemed unsafe
Mining News Pro - Brazil has ordered the immediate closure of 47 mining dams that failed to certify their stability, with more than half of them belonging to Vale, whose Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine’s tailings suffered a catastrophic failure in January last year, killing at least 270 people.
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Brazil mining regulator orders closure of 25 Vale dams
Mining News Pro - Brazil`s National Mining Agency (ANM) said on Thursday that it would halt operations at 47 mining dams that failed to certify their stability, including at least 25 belonging to the world`s largest iron-ore producer Vale.
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Brazil mining regulator orders closure of 25 Vale dams
Mining News Pro - Brazil’s National Mining Agency (ANM) said on Thursday that it would halt operations at 47 mining dams that failed to certify their stability, including at least 25 belonging to the world’s largest iron ore producer Vale SA.
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‘World-first’ public database of mine tailings dams launched
Mining News Pro - Environmental organisation GRID-Arendal, with support from the UN Environment Program (UNEP), says it has launched the world’s first publicly accessible global database of mine tailings storage facilities.
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Ecuador to tighten rules for mining waste dams to avoid repeat of Brazil disaster
Mining News Pro - Ecuador’s government plans to tighten rules regulating the construction and operation of mining waste dams to avoid disasters like one in Brazil in January when a dam owned by Vale SA collapsed, killing hundreds.
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A tenth of the world’s tailing dams have had stability issues
Mining News Pro - A global inquiry into mining waste storage systems of more than 700 resources companies, launched in April after the collapse of a dam in Brazil that killed hundreds, shows about a tenth of the structures have had stability issues.
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Vale carries out construction work on emergency-level dams in Minas Gerais
Mining News Pro - Vale announced this week it is carrying out three impoundment projects in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in areas downstream of the Sul Superior in Barão de Cocais, B3/B4 at Macacos in Nova Lima, and Grupo dams near the community of São Gonçalo do Bação, in Itabirito.
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Bonus schemes play a role in tailings dams failures
Mining News Pro - A paper published in the journal Resources Policy states that bonus schemes for middle management employees in mining companies play a role in tailings dams failures.
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BHP establishes task force to handle tailings dams
Mining News Pro - BHP says it is establishing a dedicated Tailings Task Force to drive enhanced focus on internal dam management plus support the development of international best practice.
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