Tailings Dam Management for the Twenty-First Century: What Mining Companies Need to Know and Do to Thrive in Our Complex World

By Franco Oboni

Book Overview

Introduction.- Two Recent Catastrophic Tailing Dams Accidents.- Examples of Recent Catastrophic Hydro-Dam Accidents.- Historic Failures "Statistics".- What the Public Wants; Public Reactions.- Justifying the Need for new Approaches.- Let's start with some serious Don'ts!.- System Definition.- Hazard Identification.- Defining Probabilities of Events.- Dam Stability Failures.- Consequences.- Tolerance and Acceptability.- Risk Assessment for the Twenty-First Century.- Risk-Informed Decision Making

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030194493
• ISBN13: 9783030194499
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 278 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"