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The Risk, Public Liability and Economics of Tailings Storage Facility Failures

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Date Published: 
July 21, 2015
Authors: 
David M. Chambers
Lindsay Newland Bowker

Prior works interpreting the history of Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) failures, 1910-2010, have concluded that the lower numbers of failures and incidents in the two most recent decades evidence the success of modern mining regulation, improved industry practices and modern technology.

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Bowker, L.N., and D.M. Chambers. 2015. The Risk, Public Liability and Economics of Tailings Storage Facility Failures. Available at: Download Risk, Public Liability and Economics of Tailings Storage Facility Failures PDF. Accessed May 26, 2019.

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