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Synonyms for tailings
tail·ings
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There are 14 million people in the Ferghana valley and in the event of a natural disaster water may wash away the tailings into the Naryn (Syr Darya) river which will be a tragedy for the whole valley.
Tailings dams are amongst some of the largest engineered structures in the world and we have seen the catastrophic consequences earlier this year in Brazil when they collapse, we note that many companies already operate to a very high standard as evidenced by some of the disclosures, but this is not universal across the sector and dams are continuing to fail, putting lives and the environment at risk.
The fire sits south of our lease with a series of current and former tailings facilities that form a natural fire break.
A tailings dam may look safe, but it's still retaining a lot of moisture behind it, they're inherently dangerous structures.
Obviously you cannot rely on a plan that involves sprinkling water forever on tailings to control the dust.
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