Tailings

ENVIRONMENT: Second dam failure for Vale in Brazil

Editorial Comment, Tailings / Canadian Mining Journal

Every mine and mill operator’s worst nightmare is the failure of a tailings dam. Vancouver’s Imperial Metals faced this catastrophe in 2014 at its Mount Polley copper-gold mine in British Columbia. Fortunately no one died. The company remediated the pr…

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BACKFILL: Outotec to deliver paste fill system to Canadian mine

Backfill, Equipment & Suppliers, Tailings / Canadian Mining Journal

FINLAND – Outotec has been awarded a contract to design and deliver a mine paste backfill system to a nickel mine in Canada. The contract price is not disclosed, but similar deliveries are typically valued at C$30 million to $45 million. The order&#823…

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