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- Tailings_dam abstract "A tailings dam is typically an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations after separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an ore. Conventional water retention dams can serve this purpose, but due to cost, a tailings dam is more viable. Tailings can be liquid, solid, or a slurry of fine particles. Solid tailings are often used as part of the structure itself.Tailings dams rank among the largest engineered structures on earth. The Syncrude Mildred Lake Tailings Dyke in Alberta, Canada, is an embankment dam about 18 kilometres (11 mi) long and from 40 to 88 metres (131 to 289 ft) high. It is the largest dam structure on earth by volume, and as of 2001 it was believed to be the largest earth structure in the world by volume of fill.There are key differences between tailings dams and the more familiar hydro dams. Tailings dams are designed for permanent containment, meant to \"remain there forever\". Copper, gold, uranium and other mining operations produce varied kinds of waste, much of it toxic, which pose varied challenges for long-term containment.An estimated 3,500 active tailings impoundments stand around the world, although there is no complete inventory, and the total number is disputed. As of 2000 these structures experience known \"major\" failures of about 2 to 5 annually, along with 35 \"minor\" failures. Assuming the 3,500 figure is correct, this failure rate is \"more than two orders of magnitude higher than the failure rate of conventional water retention dams\".".
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- Tailings_dam wikiPageWikiLinkText "Tailings dam".
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- Tailings_dam comment "A tailings dam is typically an earth-fill embankment dam used to store byproducts of mining operations after separating the valuable fraction from the uneconomic fraction of an ore. Conventional water retention dams can serve this purpose, but due to cost, a tailings dam is more viable. Tailings can be liquid, solid, or a slurry of fine particles. Solid tailings are often used as part of the structure itself.Tailings dams rank among the largest engineered structures on earth.".
- Tailings_dam label "Tailings dam".
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- Tailings_dam sameAs Q4496980.
- Tailings_dam sameAs Barragem_de_rejeitos.
- Tailings_dam sameAs Хвостохранилище.
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- Tailings_dam sameAs Q4496980.
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- Tailings_dam depiction Syncrude_mildred_lake_plant.jpg.
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