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A Guide to the Management of Tailings Facilities, Version 3.1 (2019)

Changes in Version 3.1 Version 3.1 is an update to the third edition of A Guide to the Management of Tailings Facilities (the Tailings Guide), released in November 2017, to reflect the second edition of MAC’s Developing an Operation, Maintenance, and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management Facilities (the OMS Guide), released at the […]

Updated OMS Guide to Provide Industry Global Standard in Tailings Management

Today, the Mining Association of Canada (MAC) released the second edition of its Developing an Operation, Maintenance and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management Facilities (the OMS Guide) which was first released in 2003. MAC also released Version 3.1 of A Guide to the Management of Tailings Facilities (the Tailings Guide). The Tailings Guide […]

TSM Tailings Management Protocol, 2017

The purpose of the assessment protocol is to provide guidance to facilities in completing their evaluation of tailings management performance against TSM indicators. The assessment protocol sets out the general expectations for tailings management as part of the TSM initiative. As with any assessment of a management system, professional judgment is required in assessing the […]

Description of Phase-in of Updates to the Tailings Management Component of TSM

The documents that comprise the tailings management component of TSM were updated in two stages: 2017 Tailings Management Protocol revised Third edition of the Tailings Guide Table of Conformance introduced, replacing the 2011 Guide to Audit and Assessment of Tailings Facility Management 2019 Tailings Management Protocol revised Version 3.1 of the Tailings Guide Second edition […]

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