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’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

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