TAILINGS DAM SAFETY

This section covers the mechanical stability of tailings dams in general.
For uranium mill tailings management, see here.

Issues

• Current Issues

Basic knowledge

• Safety of Tailings Dams
  • Slide Talk
  • Slide Presentation in French (no audio): Stabilité des dépôts de résidus de traitement du minerai
• Tailings Dam Properties

Chronology of tailings dam failures

• Chronology of major tailings dam failures
• Chronology of uranium tailings dam failures

Tools

• Slope Stability Calculator
• Tailings Flow Slide Calculator

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