tailings
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At the same time, industry generates vast quantities of silicon-rich waste, including coal ash residue, red mud, mine tailings, concrete debris, waste glass, and metallurgical slag.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
Federal Court judge Stephen Burley described how four large open-pit mines, a railway, tailings dam, waste dumps and a stockpile were strewn across the lands of the Yindjibarndi people in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
The committee’s report stated Zambia’s government ignored warnings and suppressed a probe into Sino-Metals’ tailings dam collapse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026
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
I rode my bike down to the shop every day after school to inspect how he was doing and sweep up the tailings at the machines, anything to assist.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
