For some reasons Innovation in Dams Screening Level Risk Assessment feels like an oxymoron. At each new accident organization like MAC produce a new edition of their manuals, for example Developing an Operation, Maintenance, and Surveillance Manual for Tailings and Water Management. The new editions generally represent a strengthening of some rules, but the result is always very similar to the prior edition, does not address systemic failure to properly evaluate risks of old and new facilities. Let’s tackle fundamental…
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The Risk and Resilience Mining Solutions Conference in Vancouver will be an exciting event. Risk and Resilience Mining Solutions Conference in Vancouver Riskope is actively supporting the organization of Risk and Resilience Mining Solutions Conference in Vancouver, April 2016 for which the call for ABSTRACTS is now open. The conference covers risk identification and assessment as well as development of mitigation measures. Other themes include: risk based decision making methods, current practices for risk mitigation, as well as case histories…
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The course emphasys was on risk assessment methodologies, but we included many failures case studies such as the recent Mount Polley (based on public data) and a view on perpetuity. The subject of perpetuity was the focus of our paper at this conference (also with Jack) entitled “Risk Assessment of the Long Term Performance of Closed Tailings Facilities”. Having practiced risk management for over 20 years, we strongly believe in rational and well conceived Risk Assessments and also here. So when…
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