An international institute that seeks to improve the safety of reservoirs that store toxic waste from mining known as ...

In January 2000, a disaster like this happened at the Baia Mare Tailings Dam in Romania. A tailings dam is a type of embankment dam, designed to contain mining waste. Melting snow and pounding ...

HUNDREDS of fish and other aquatic species have died in the Shashe River in Mashava following the accidental discharge of contaminated waste, including cyanide, from a nearby mine. The Environmental ...

In the wake of the collapse, Vale said it would decommission all 10 remaining "tailings" dams, which are often made from earth and used to store the often toxic mining by-products. It also ...

The Brumadinho tailings dam disaster in Brazil has killed more than 100 people as of Thursday, with hundreds more missing and feared dead. This video shows the moment the disaster began.