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Geotechnical engineering knowledge base needed for the improvement of mine tailings safety

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Geotechnical engineering knowledge base needed for the improvement of mine tailings safety

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Godina 2025
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Sažetak

Due to the increased quantities of mine waste, the expected increase of number, size, and
complexity of the tailings dams in the future and their unfavourable failure rates statistics in the past,
global consensus has been achieved that certain improvements are needed considering the
management of human resources within the mining industry, especially associated with the mine waste
management. The design, construction, maintenance and after-care of tailings storage facilities (TSFs)
are complex tasks that require expertise predominantly in mining and civil engineering with the
contribution of various other disciplines. This paper will focus just on one aspect of “tailings engineering”
education, i.e. how to develop a proper geotechnical engineering module within mining/civil engineering
programs at graduate level for future generations of engineers to whom the main roles and
responsibilities could be assigned at TSFs. The additions that are required for “tailings engineering” to
the basic soil mechanics course, which is taught at most mining/civil engineering curricula, will be
discussed. The proposal of several informative graphics will also be shown that could be used at
graduate level to critically examine some commonly accepted concepts from soil mechanics or to attract
more candidates to such a challenging specialization.

Ključne riječi

Mine waste, Tailings, TSF-Tailings storage facility, Burland’s triangle