Mine tailings. Tailings, also called mine dumps, culm dumps, slimes, tails, refuse, leach residue or slickens, are the materials left over after the process of separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction (gangue) of an ore. Tailings are typically a mud-like material. Worldwide, the storage and handling of tailings is a major environmental issue. Many tailings are toxic and must be kept perpetualy isolated from the environment. Photo source: ©© Arbyreed
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Norway and Turkey were the only two of 53 countries to vote against an international ban on the dumping of mining waste at sea, at a major conservation summit in Hawaii last week…
Read Full Article, Guardian UK (09-14-2016)
Why Is Mine Waste Being Dumped Directly Into the Ocean? EcoWatch (03-04-2016)
Almost no research has occurred about the consequences of dumping 100’s of millions of tons of mine wastes at current DSTP sites. This phenomenally destructive pollution is virtually unregulated across the planet’s marine environments…
Norway Approves Mine’s Controversial Plan to Dump Waste into Fjord; Guardian UK (04-17-2015)
Papua New Guinea Coastal Mine Waste Dumping: The Ramu Mine Case, Science Alert, (03-2011)
The dumping of mine tailings waste into the shallow coastal marine environment. At stake are the pristine waters of the Bismarck Sea and the livelihoods of thousands of coastal inhabitants on one hand, and the future of mine waste disposal on the other…
