BHP Group sets up tailings taskforce to boost safety
Global miner plans to further improve the focus on internal dam management
07 June 2019 - 09:41
Bengaluru — Global miner BHP Group on Friday said it has set up a tailings taskforce to further improve the focus on internal dam management and boost safety, months after a second deadly dam disaster in Brazil.
Earlier in 2019, the International Council on Mining and Metals, an industry trade group whose members include Glencore, BHP and 25 others, said a committee will review and set standards for tailings dam design and maintenance by the end of the year...
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