Fundão tailings dam failures: the environment tragedy of the largest technological disaster of Brazilian mining in global context

Fundão tailings dam failures: the environment tragedy of the largest technological disaster of Brazilian mining in global context

After the collapse of the Fundão dam, 43 million m3 of iron ore tailings continue to cause environmental damage, polluting 668 km of watercourses from the Doce River to the Atlantic Ocean. The objectives of this study are to characterize the Fundão Tailings Dam and structural failures; improve the u...

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Main Authors: Flávio Fonseca do Carmo, Luciana Hiromi Yoshino Kamino, Rogério Tobias Junior, Iara Christina de Campos, Felipe Fonseca do Carmo, Guilherme Silvino, Kenedy Junio da Silva Xavier de Castro, Mateus Leite Mauro, Nelson Uchoa Alonso Rodrigues, Marcos Paulo de Souza Miranda, Carlos Eduardo Ferreira Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Iron ore
Post-disaster management
Ecosystem collapse
Large-Scale Mining Industry
Doce River
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1679007316301566

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