MAC Tailings Media Backgrounder – April 7 2021
For over 20 years the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has led the way in responsible tailings management, a significant focus of the association’s work, starting with its publication of A Guide to the Management of Tailings Facilities in 1998.
MAC OMS Guide Version 2.1
Version 2.1 is an update to the second edition of Developing an Operation, Maintenance, and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management Facilities (the OMS Guide) released in 2019. Updates were undertaken concurrent with revisions in Version 3.2 of A Guide to the Management of Tailings Facilities (the Tailings Guide).
MAC Tailings Guide Version 3.2
Version 3.2 is an update to the third edition of A Guide to the Management of Tailings Facilities (the Tailings Guide). Updates were undertaken following the 2020 release of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (the Standard) to improve alignment between the tailings management component of MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining® (TSM®) program and the Standard.
ICMM confident of broad-based uptake of tailings standard
Since the launch of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management on August 5 last year, investors and industry organizations alike have been working to ensure the implementation of the standard by the global mining industry.
Improved tailings disposal could reduce water use
Namibia is a water-scarce country in most areas; therefore, minimising water consumption in ore processing is a focus area, especially for tailings disposal, which can account for over 50% of all water used in processing, states engineering and environmental consulting firm Knight Piésold mining services consulting technical director Andrew Copeland.
Suplemento de alineación sobre la gestión responsable de recursos
El suplemento de alineación sobre la gestión responsable de recursos de HMS (suplemento) se creó para apoyar a empresas que implementan las normas de HMS, además de las siguientes normas: Principios mineros (MP) del Consejo Internacional de Minería y Metales (International Council on Mining and Metals, ICMM) Principios de Minería de Oro Responsable (RGMP) del […]
From ‘pushback’ to pushing ahead
How the Brumadinho disaster brought miners onboard with tailings reform.
Yamana Gold adopts new tailings safety standards to prevent accidents
Yamana Gold has recently adopted new safety standards that aim to improve tailings management.
Considering climate change
How the design of tailings facilities is changing to factor in climate change
Protocolo de manejo de relaves de HMS, 2019
La versión anterior del Protocolo de manejo de relaves (el Protocolo), con fecha de noviembre de 2017, incluyó los requisitos para la preparación para emergencias como parte del indicador 5 y se refirió al Desarrollo de un Manual de operación, mantenimiento y monitoreo para las instalaciones de manejo de relaves y de recursos hídricos (la […]
