On a global scale, the demand for mineral products has increased substantially with
economic development. Consequently, the mining of mineral resources results in the …

On a global scale demand for the products of the extractive industries is ever increasing.
Extraction of the targeted resource results in the concurrent production of a significant …

Tailings dams are commonly built incrementally to increase the storage capacity of the
Tailings Storage Facility (TSF), usually without interrupting the mining activities. Dam …

Cleaner production is the continuous application of an integrated preventive environmental
strategy which stressed the importance of environment and human beings. Although the …

The Earth's surface morphology, in an abiotic context, is a consequence of major forcings
such as tectonic uplift, erosion, sediment transport, and climate. Recently, however, it has …

This paper examines the minerals industry's response to sustainable development in the
area of waste disposal and argues that leadership and guidance are still needed to forge …

Tailings dam failures have received significant attention in recent years due to the
catastrophic downstream consequences, as evidenced by the 2019 Feijão disaster in Brazil …

Mining produces several environmental, social, and economic impacts which can be
analysed spatially using remote sensing (RS) and geographical information systems (GIS) …

The mining industry produces billions of tons of mine tailings annually. However, because of
their lack of economic value, most of the tailings are discarded near the mining sites …

Unusual rainfall is the primary cause of the failure of the tailing dams, and overtop** is the
most representative model of the tailing dam failure. The upstream tailing dam was selected …