Investors push for positive global change in tailings management

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Firefighters search for victims after the Brumandinho tailings dam failure in January 2019. Yuri Edmundo/EPA</span>Tailings are a sand-like byproduct of mining that results from crushing the ore before mineral extraction. Often, tailings are disposed of in dams built with tailings themselves, or with other mine waste products. The technical knowledge exists to safely build these structures. But tailings dams failures, with tragic consequences, are occurring at an unacceptably high rate.
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