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Saturday, April 4, 2015

No shift in tailings strategy since Mount Polley failure

After the catastrophic failure of the Mount Polley mine tailings dam last summer, an expert engineering panel appointed by the B.C. government called for a major shift in how to deal with mine waste.
The panel recommended a move away from the conventional method of storing waste behind dams. But companies in British Columbia with proposals for large, open-pit metal mines have no plans, at least for now, to follow the panel’s recommendation, a review by The Vancouver Sun has found.

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