tailings
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Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
Twenty-five workers were inside the gold mine when the tailings dam - a structure which holds mining waste - burst on 25 March.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2026
Miles and miles of refineries and their stinking tailings ponds, adjacent to beach resorts that run on desalination plants.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2026
“They’re going to look like an Amazon distribution warehouse; there’s no smokestack and massive tailings pond next to it.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
I rode my bike down to the shop every day after school to inspect how he was doing and sweep up the tailings at the machines, anything to assist.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
