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
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
The tailings dam at a Sino Metals copper mine failed in Feb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
The tailings dam at a Sino Metals copper mine failed in Feb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025
At Minersville, I turned onto a back highway and headed through a landscape of overgrown mine tailings and rusting machinery towards Centralia, the strangest, saddest town I believe I have ever seen.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
