Sentences with phrase «fundao tailings dam»

Early in 2015, he was forced to extend another $ 30 - million loan to Imperial Metals Corp., in which he is the company's largest shareholder, to help with the cleanup after a tailings dam burst at its Mount Polley mine in 2014.

Norbert Morgenstern, a geotechnical engineering professor that presented the results, said liquefaction occurred because sand in the tailings dam was «loose, uncompacted and saturated.»

Junior miner Red 5 has suspended milling operations at its Siana gold mine in the Philippines after its damaged tailings dam was deemed unrecoverable.

There was a mine, Samarco mine in Brazil, they had a mine tailings dam, basically it's when you have an iron ore mine or any type of mine, you're going to have some sort of place where you have mine tailings, all the reject and waste that's related to the mine.

But Newcrest has recently resumed placement of mine wastes in the unaffected tailings dam at Cadia, and has won approval to use an old, nearby mine pit as a temporary tailings dam.

«Premier Clark's failure to deal openly and transparently with this tailings dam failure will hurt not only mining and other resource industries that drive our economy, but also the workers and communities who rely on them,» said Macdonald.

Production at Cadia was halted on March 9 when one of the mine's two tailings dams suffered a wall slide, and there were initially fears the New South Wales mine could be out of action for months.

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government's admission that the mining ministry has been underfunded shows they are bracing for a scathing report this week on the Mount Polley tailings dam failure, said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

«While we're pleased that Imperial Metals is taking steps to repair the tailings dam and get...

VICTORIA - Last week Mines Minister Bill Bennett seized on a single finding of the expert panel report on the failure of the Mount Polley Tailings Dam to explain away the B.C. Liberal government's responsibility for the significant damage to the...

«We can only hope the Mount Polley report gets to the bottom of how much Liberal cuts to inspections and staffing in this industry contributed to the tailings dam failure,» said spokesperson for interior economic development Katrine Conroy.

«We have process solutions for several of our customers» key challenges, such as tailings dam management and reprocessing.

Sandeep Biswas says the Cadia mine will not meet its full - year guidance after a tailings dam wall fa

Speculation the takeover would not be completed has been fired up by a series of setbacks, including early concerns about capital gains tax owed to the government of Sierra Leone by Sierra Rutile shareholders, an extended review by German anti-trust regulators, and then last week the revelation of «geotechnical risks» at the target's tailings dams.

Iluka Resources has opted to push ahead with its $ 425 million takeover of mineral sands rival Sierra Rutile despite identifying issues with two of the London - listed company's tailings dams.

Iluka Resources will push ahead with its takeover of Sierra Rutile despite identifying issues with two tailings dams.

While the market appeared concerned by last week's announcement about the tailings dams, with shares in Iluka dropping 22 cents or 3.4 per cent to $ 6.28 per share on the news, Mr Hodge said he was confident Iluka had resolved the concerns about the dams.

Morningstar analyst Mathew Hodge said while tailings dam inspections were a normal part of the due - diligence process, companies had been especially vigilant after last year's tragedy at the Samarco iron ore operation in Brazil, owned by BHP Billiton and Vale.

The collapse of the tailings dam of MMC has destroyed more than 1,000 hectares of rice lands in Sipalay City and cases of heavy metal poisoning among the populace.

«There were no regulations that required seismic studies for approval of tailings dams,» he said.

A recent example was the series of tremors of magnitudes 2.01 - 2.55 that occurred in Mariana, Minas Gerais state, three days before the collapse of the Fundão tailings dam owned by Samarco, resulting in the worst environmental disaster in Brazilian history.

; «Poorly Engineered Tailings Dams,» links relating to uranium and alternative energy; a detailed glossary; and a detailed uranium discussion guide.

Mill Tailings Dam Break at Church Rock, New Mexico, Oversight Hearing before the Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs before the House of Representatives, October 22, 1979.

«Unresolved Issues and Recommendations for Resolution Concerning the Church Rock, New Mexico Uranium Tailings Dam Failure of July 16, 1979» - C. Shuey and L. Taylor, SRIC, August 1982.

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That mine, or the dam holding back tailings and all of the liquids...

«Four years later, the tailings pond dam failed, and 25 million cubic metres of effluent spilled into the watershed.

That's why the devastating breach of the Mount Polley Mine tailings pond and dam last...

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberals must release any and all documents related to the Mount Polley Mine tailings pond and dam, say B.C.'s New Democrats.

Let's remember that Olympic Dam is a very large copper mine, that produces a little gold and silver and uranium as byproducts from the copper mine tailings waste.

In that case, the dam holding the tailings pond broke, sending 10 million cubic metres of debris into nearby lakes and streams.