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June 7 (Reuters) – Global mining group BHP said on Friday it has set up a tailings working group to focus more on the internal management of dams and enhance security several months later. a second fatal catastrophe in Brazil.
Earlier this year, the International Council on Mining and Metals, a professional group consisting of Glencore Plc, BHP and 25 others, said a committee would review and establish standards for the design and maintenance of dikes. residues by the end of the year.
This decision comes after the collapse of the Vale SA Brumadinho dam in Brazil in January, which killed more than 200 people, raising questions about the safety of the tailings dams around the world.
This followed the collapse in 2015 of a tailings dam operated by Samarco, a joint venture of BHP and Vale, killing 19 people during what was called the worst environmental disaster in the world. Brazil.
BHP reported that it operated 67 tailings sites across all of its sites, including 12 in Australia.
The world's largest miner also said that a review undertaken to evaluate the management of tailings facilities as a result of the Samarco disaster in 2015 had revealed no immediate concern with respect to the ## 147 ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # 39, integrity of the dam. (Report by Shriya Ramakrishnan in Bengaluru, edited by Richard Pullin)
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