Tailings facility disclosures reveal stability risks.

ABSTRACT: Tailings facility failures represent a significant risk to the environment and communities globally, but until now little data was available on the global distribution of risks and characteristics of facilities to ensure proper governance. We conducted a survey and compiled a database with information on tailings facilities disclosed by extractive companies at the request of institutional investors. Despite limitations in the data, this information disclosure request represents the most comprehensive survey of tailings facilities ever undertaken. The compiled dataset includes 1743 tailings facilities and provides insights into a range of topics including construction method, stability, consequence of failure, stored volume, and the rate of uptake of alternative technologies to dewater tail

SUBMITTER: Franks DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7970857 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature