On a global scale, the demand for mineral products has increased substantially with
economic development. Consequently, the mining of mineral resources results in the …

On a global scale demand for the products of the extractive industries is ever increasing.
Extraction of the targeted resource results in the concurrent production of a significant …

An estimated 23 million people live on floodplains affected by potentially dangerous
concentrations of toxic waste derived from past and present metal mining activity. We …

The global mining industry produces billions of tonnes of mine tailings each year. This slurry
of waste material is often contained in dams, which are among some of the world's largest …

Recently observed rapid climate changes have focused the attention of researchers and
river managers on the possible effects of increased flooding frequency on the mobilization …

Mining generates 13 billion tonnes per year of potentially toxic wet slurry waste, called
tailings, commonly deposited in tailings storage facilities (TSF). Since 1915, 257 TSF failures …

Rivers are important agents of change that shape the Earth's surface and evolve through
time in response to fluctuations in climate and other environmental conditions. They are …

Abstract In November 2015, the Fundão Dam collapsed releasing about 35 million m− 3 of
iron ore tailings into the environment, which covered approximately 15 km 2 of floodplain …

Tailings dams have been built since 3000 BCE and despite the advancement of construction
methods, mainly in the second half of the 21st century, their ruptures were still recorded. The …

As the most severe damage form of tailings ponds, dam failure causes a serious threat and
damage to the surrounding lives and environment. Therefore, based on the systematic …