CSOs 4 Tailings Justice
We are committed to building democratic community power to address the dangers of mine waste, including tailings facilities.
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David Kinley’s book, In a Rain of Dust, tells a Dickensian tale of men and women killed by the mining of asbestos and the lawyer who fought for them. It reads like a well-crafted thriller rather than the diary of a very complicated lawsuit. By Hein du Plessis, The Conversation
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Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources Gwede Mantashe is the Minister responsible for mines and with some changes here and there, in the portfolio Mantashe has been at the helm since 2018. But this has been his regular argument from way back (2021) and here. A week ago he said:mining can’t be killed for the…
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The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy is proud to announce its upcoming 2026 conference on Tailings. Since the inaugural event, which raised the profile of tailings management and fostered collaboration among industry stakeholders, and the subsequent conference that focused on embracing the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM), the field has seen…
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Sunday World, 28th June 2025 South Africa’s September 11 tragedy has morphed into a full-scale legal battle after 26 families issued summons to a prominent mining company and two cabinet ministers. This follows the Jagersfontein disaster that claimed three lives, destroyed homes, and left scores of Charlesville residents in Free State homeless nearly three years…
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Each year, mining companies dump over 180 million tonnes of these hazardous mine wastes into water bodies — more than 1.5 times the amount of waste that U.S. cities send to landfills each year.
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By Gillian Schutte, Sunday Independent, 2024-11-22 The race for critical minerals has turned South Africa’s abandoned mine dumps into battlegrounds where corporate interests clash with community survival. These tailings, referred to as mine dumps, are the by-products of mining operations—remnants of crushed and processed ore that contain trace amounts of valuable minerals left behind after…
CSOs 4 Tailings Justice 