Tailings Dams
Mine tailings dams represent some of the largest engineered structures worldwide, storing vast volumes of slurry waste from mineral processing operations. Improper management poses severe geotechnical risks, including catastrophic failures that have historically released contaminants, damaged infras...
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| description | Mine tailings dams represent some of the largest engineered structures worldwide, storing vast volumes of slurry waste from mineral processing operations. Improper management poses severe geotechnical risks, including catastrophic failures that have historically released contaminants, damaged infrastructure, and endangered lives and ecosystems. This reprint compiles ten selected articles from the Special Issue "Tailings Dams: Design, Characterization, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment" published in Minerals. Drawing on recent advances, the contributions address critical challenges in tailings management, such as improved characterization of deposits, innovative dewatering technologies, geophysical monitoring techniques, failure mode analyses, risk evaluation frameworks, and sustainable closure practices. Leading researchers present case studies, modeling approaches, and practical insights to enhance dam stability, mitigate environmental impacts, and align with evolving standards and guidelines. Together, these works provide engineers and practitioners with evidence-based strategies to reduce hazards in active and legacy facilities, supporting safer and more responsible mining practices amid growing global resource demands. |
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| language | eng |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1754092026-04-16T20:45:35Z Tailings Dams Zare-Naghadehi, Masoud Sattarvand, Javad Tailings dams Geotechnical characterization Risk assessment Dewatering technologies Dam monitoring Failure analysis Mine closure Geophysical methods Sustainable tailings management thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology Mine tailings dams represent some of the largest engineered structures worldwide, storing vast volumes of slurry waste from mineral processing operations. Improper management poses severe geotechnical risks, including catastrophic failures that have historically released contaminants, damaged infrastructure, and endangered lives and ecosystems. This reprint compiles ten selected articles from the Special Issue "Tailings Dams: Design, Characterization, Monitoring, and Risk Assessment" published in Minerals. Drawing on recent advances, the contributions address critical challenges in tailings management, such as improved characterization of deposits, innovative dewatering technologies, geophysical monitoring techniques, failure mode analyses, risk evaluation frameworks, and sustainable closure practices. Leading researchers present case studies, modeling approaches, and practical insights to enhance dam stability, mitigate environmental impacts, and align with evolving standards and guidelines. Together, these works provide engineers and practitioners with evidence-based strategies to reduce hazards in active and legacy facilities, supporting safer and more responsible mining practices amid growing global resource demands. 2026-04-16T20:45:27Z 2026-04-16T20:45:27Z 2026 book ONIX_20260416T142754_9783725866021_14 9783725866021 9783725866038 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/175409 eng application/octet-stream Attribution 4.0 International https://mdpi.com/books/ https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/12327 MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6603-8 10.3390/books978-3-7258-6603-8 46cabcaa-dd94-4bfe-87b4-55023c1b36d0 9783725866021 9783725866038 310 CH open access |
| spellingShingle | Tailings dams Geotechnical characterization Risk assessment Dewatering technologies Dam monitoring Failure analysis Mine closure Geophysical methods Sustainable tailings management thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology Tailings Dams |
| title | Tailings Dams |
| title_full | Tailings Dams |
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| title_short | Tailings Dams |
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| topic | Tailings dams Geotechnical characterization Risk assessment Dewatering technologies Dam monitoring Failure analysis Mine closure Geophysical methods Sustainable tailings management thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology |
| topic_facet | Tailings dams Geotechnical characterization Risk assessment Dewatering technologies Dam monitoring Failure analysis Mine closure Geophysical methods Sustainable tailings management thema EDItEUR::T Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes::TB Technology: general issues::TBX History of engineering and technology |
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