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Responsible Mining Foundation concerned about thousands of abandoned, at-risk tailings facilities worldwide

Jan 22, 2021

Source: https://www.mining.com/responsible-mining-foundation-worried-about-thousands-of-abandoned-at-risk-tailings-facilities-worldwide/

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Disaster caused by the dam burst at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine in Brazil. (Image by Ibama, Wikimedia Commons).

Switzerland-based Responsible Mining Foundation (RMF) issued a statement on the second anniversary of the tailings dam burst in Brumadinho, Brazil, highlighting the fact that there are still approximately 223 billion tonnes of tailings stored in more than 30,000 tailings storage facilities around the world, including active, inactive and abandoned facilities.

Citing data from the World Mine Tailings Failures initiative, the RMF said it is concerned with the vast number of abandoned sites.

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Disaster caused by the dam burst at Vale’s Córrego do Feijão mine in Brazil. (Image by Ibama, Wikimedia Commons).

Citing data from the World Mine Tailings Failures initiative, the RMF said it is concerned with the vast number of abandoned sites.

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