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
Instead, these materials end up in mine waste, also known as tailings, which must be stored and monitored to prevent environmental harm.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 28, 2025
Slack was the tailings of the mine, coal with too much rock in it.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
