Why coal ash and tailings dam disasters occur - Santamarina JC, Torres-Cruz LA, Bachus RC.

On 25 January 2019, the structure damming a pond filled with iron ore mining wastes (tailings) burst at Brumadinho, Brazil (1), causing a massive mudslide that killed at least 232 people. This tailings dam failure was only the most recent in a long list...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news