Study by civil engineers finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice. On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, ...

While tailings dams are meant to last for ever, extreme weather events are making many unstable – with devastating consequences for nature and humans As soon as the barrier broke, a flood of poison ...

In September 2022 a tailings dam, used for the waste from a diamond mine outside Jagersfontein in South Africa collapsed, killing one person and destroying homes, roads, railways, and electricity ...

Engineering, geoscience, and environmental consulting firm, Klohn Crippen Berger (KCB) has collaborated with mining companies over several decades to design safe and sustainable mine waste and water ...

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