In recent years, two mining tailings dams broke in the state of Minas Gerais, causing Brazil’s worst ever socio-environmental disasters. Hundreds were killed, millions were affected. Communities were displaced and two main rivers became mud, flooding the...
Today 157 scientists, community groups, Indigenous peoples and civil society groups endorsed an updated set of guidelines for improving the management of mine waste disposal facilities, also known as tailings dams. Based on consultation with over 200 stakeholders and...
In June 2020, we collaborated with Earthworks, Malach Consulting, MiningWatch Canada, and CSP2 to publish a set of recommendations on responsible mine tailings management. The result, which we named ‘Safety First’, was a response to the Global Industry...
At our 3rd Resisting Mining Book Club, we launched a new children’s book – Droplet and Wagtail’s Tailings Tale! Recorded on 7 July 2021 Join us as we launch Droplet & Wagtail’s Tailings Tale! Originally published in Galician as A Mina...
Chilean Supreme Court rules in favour of the Caimanes Community by Javiera Martinez On 6 May 2020, for the first time, the Caimanes Community in Chile witnessed a toxic cloud over its territory (1). The toxic cloud comes from the “El Mauro” tailing dams, owned by...