RE: Turkey mine disaster13 Feb 2024 17:26
These tailings are not like Telfer.
Telfer tailings have a crack , liquids don’t crack. They’re more like a stodgy porridge.
The tailings dam has not slumped, they stopped further tailings placing so the dam could be inspected and remedial works carried out.
When the Cadia dam collapsed a few years ago the tailings stayed where they were just slumping a bit and the breach went into the lower tailings pond. Which is a similar situation at Telfer, the fault in the dam is adjacent the lower pond where Havieron tailings will end up.