tailings

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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 examined levels of cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, and lead, metals linked to iron oxides, which are the primary component of the tailings.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

Meanwhile, Sino Metals bulldozers have been leveling ground and removing dried tailings from riverbanks and gardens, which could make such an investigation more difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

I set down my water bottle and brush my gloved hand over years of tailings.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera