12 March – Rejeitos (Tailings): Film screening
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...
Launched Today: Safety First, 2nd Edition
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...
Safety First: Guidelines for Responsible Mine Tailings Management
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...