The joint venture (JV) partners in the Karara iron-ore project, in Western Australia, would need to invest a further A$123.6-million into the project to reach nameplate capacity at the project.

Greens WA mining spokesman Robin Chapple has called on the state government to conduct a safety evaluation of all the mine tailings dams in the wake of the Brazil tragedy on January 25.

An innovative approach to design options for tailings thickening at Karara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia has resulted in lower overall cost, reduced thickener sizes and minimized site ...

Newmont has ceased gold production at WA’s Telfer mine after spotting ‘cracking and seepage’ on tailings dam wall. Newmont has halted gold production at the remote Telfer WA gold mine after ...

A tailings dam is a type of embankment dam, designed to contain mining waste. Melting snow and pounding rain caused the wall of the dam to give way, releasing tons of cyanide into a local stream.

The disaster near the small town of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil occurred shortly after midday on 25 January 2019. At a nearby iron ore mine, the tailings dam—a storage area for the sludgy ...

PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Iron-ore developer Gindalbie Metals on Monday reported that the Karara project would require more funding as operator Karara Mining worked to re-engineer the tailings ...

The Brumadinho tailings dam disaster in Brazil has killed more than 100 people as of Thursday, with hundreds more missing and feared dead. This video shows the moment the disaster began. Photo: AP ...

The Brumadinho tailings dam disaster in Brazil has killed more than 100 people as of Thursday, with hundreds more missing and feared dead. This video shows the moment the disaster began. Photo: AP ...