Mining companies need more skilled engineers if they are to meet strict new global safety standards for tailings dams aimed at preventing catastrophic failures like those in recent years that have killed hundreds of people and inundated nearby communities with mine waste.
News ID: 9815 Publish Date : 2020/08/09
The Global Tailings Review, an initiative launched following the tragedy at Vale’s Corrego do Feijão mine in Brazil early this year, has kicked off a six-week public consultation on a draft of global standards to improve mine safety.
News ID: 7643 Publish Date : 2019/11/16
The Investor Mining & Tailings Safety Initiative has requested that over 600 resource companies, including major miners, reveal the safety records of their waste storage facilities, following the collapse of Vale’s Brumadinho dam in Brazil in January, which killed hundreds.
News ID: 4232 Publish Date : 2019/04/07
Mining giant Vale (NYSE: VALE) took a hit on Wednesday when Moody's Investor Service downgraded its debt to junk.
News ID: 3779 Publish Date : 2019/02/28
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