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Tailings dam mitigation risk informed decision making

Tailings dam mitigation risk informed decision making closes the discussion we presented in prior blogposts. We now focus on one dam and show how ORE2_Tailings™ supports rational and sensible risk mitigation decision-making as requested by GISTM. The dam case The dam we selected for this example is inactive and is parallel to a valley bottom. An unprotected creek runs at its toe and the bed is considered to be sufficient for the 1/500 return. Beyond that flood, there will be…

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Tactical and strategic planning for dam portfolio using ORE2_Tailings

Tactical and strategic planning for dam portfolio using ORE2_Tailings is the third of a series of blogposts explaining how to use ORE2_Tailings™ results. Indeed it follows: Dam portfolio ORE2_Tailings support for decision makers and ORE2_Tailings supports ICMM global industry standard on tailings management conformance. We use the same figures we have developed in those prior discussions. Summary of the portfolio ORE2_Tailings™ results With respect to probability of failure The portfolio of ten dams is made of two “bad apple” dams…

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ORE2_Tailings supports ICMM global industry standard on tailings management conformance

ORE2_Tailings supports ICMM global industry standard on tailings management conformance (GISTM). ORE2_Tailings™ is a risk assessment platform specifically designed for tailings systems created by Riskope.   We recently published the notes we took while reading ICMM guidance and conformance protocols. In that text we stated that ORE2_Tailings™ anticipated the requirements of ICMM GISTM. Indeed, the threads of our publications, which culminated with Tailings Dam Management for the Twenty-First Century shows that evolution. Today we bring to your attention an example…

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