{"id":1160611,"date":"2020-01-17T15:15:45","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T21:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1011605"},"modified":"2020-01-17T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T21:15:45","slug":"a-global-look-at-high-risk-tailings-dams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1160611","title":{"rendered":"A global look at high-risk tailings dams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tailings dams are the most common waste disposal methods for mining companies, whether they\u2019re extracting iron ore, gold or copper.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>However, a third of the world\u2019s tailings dams are at high risk of causing catastrophic damage to nearby communities if they crumble, according to data compiled by Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, more than 240 people died in Brazil when a Vale-owned tailings dam collapsed, leading to a slew of social, political and economic aftershocks that are still felt today.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-1024x536.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1011604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.mining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image.png 1333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>With environmental issues becoming a more heated topic than ever before, investors are now demanding mining companies become more responsible and transparent &#8212; with emphasis placed on meeting environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards.<\/p>\n<p>The Church of England, which invests in mining companies through its pensions for retired clergy, along with its partners are now requesting companies to disclose data on tailings dams on a regular basis. <\/p>\n<p>The latest Reuters data reflects disclosures from 89 companies with mines in over 60 countries.<\/p>\n<p>More data and graphics are <a aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/graphics.reuters.com\/MINING-TAILINGS1\/0100B4S72K1\/index.html\" >here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>(With files from Reuters)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A third of the world&rsquo;s tailings dams are at high risk of causing catastrophic damage to nearby communities if they crumble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2648,624,369],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160611"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1160611"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160611\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1160615,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1160611\/revisions\/1160615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1160611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1160611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1160611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}