TAILINGS dams at BHP’s Olympic Dam copper-uranium mine in South Australia and its Whaleback iron ore mine in Western Australia have been rated as extreme in terms of Canadian Dam Association’s Consequence Classification.
Olympic Dam's tailings dam is considered to have potential for extreme consequences.
That classification is based on the modelled, hypothetical most significant failure mode without control. It is not a measure of the present physical stability of the dam. An extreme rating means a...
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