Chronology of major tailings dam failures
(from 1960), (last updated 29 Aug 2021)
Note: Due to limited availability of data, this compilation
is in no way complete
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Sources:
Tailings Dam Incidents, U.S. Committee on Large Dams -
USCOLD, Denver CO, ISBN 1-884575-03-X, 1994, 82 pages
[compilation & analysis of 185 tailings dam incidents]
Environmental & Safety Incidents concerning Tailings
Dams at Mines: Results of a Survey for the years 1980-96
by Mining Journal Research Services; a report prepared
for UN Environment Program, Industry & Environment
external link. Paris, 1996, 129 pages [compilation of
37 tailings dam incidents]
Tailings Dams - Risk of Dangerous Occurrences, Lessons
learnt from practical experiences, Bulletin 121, Published
by UN Environmental Program (UNEP) Div. of Technology,
Industry & Economics (DTIE) & Int'l Commission on Large
Dams external link (ICOLD), Paris 2001, 144 p. [compilation
of 221 tailings dam incidents mainly from the above two
publications, & examples of effective remedial measures]
& many others
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