tailings

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Miles and miles of refineries and their stinking tailings ponds, adjacent to beach resorts that run on desalination plants.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

The area in Linhares, Espírito Santo, has been exposed to iron mining waste since the Fundão tailings dam collapsed in Minas Gerais in November 2015.

From Science Daily • Feb. 17, 2026

The tailings dam at a Sino Metals copper mine failed in Feb.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

In the court papers the farmers said they had learned that the water was highly toxic only several days after the tailings dam had collapsed.

From BBC • Sep. 16, 2025

Bulldozers had flattened millions of tons of coal tailings to create a black desert that stretched far down the narrow valley.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam