Connect: GRID-Arendal Annual Report 2017

We believe the recommendations from this UNEP report pose a serious challenge to both mining companies and their regulators to improve the rigour of the management of mining waste facilities. Richard Harkinson, London Mining Network Quoted in Mining Weekly, 15 Nov. 2017 “

commitment by industry, government and civil society to work together to make zero tailings dam failures a reality.

Marine discharges of mine tailings Marine discharges of mine tailings Marine discharges of mine tailings Besides these recommendations, the report called for knowledge and awareness raising, mechanisms for ensuring financial accountability and enforcement N ORWAY The report had two main recommendations: 1. Safety should be evaluated separately from economic considerations, and 2. Governments should improve tailings dam regulation.

initiatives. Most important, however, is an effort to find better solutions than building enormous dams and filling them with potentially toxic sludge.

Marine discharg s of mine tailings

N ORWAY

N ORWAY N ORWAY

UK

UK

F RANCE *

F RANCE *

T URKEY

T URKEY

UK UK

G REECE * F RANCE * F RANCE *

G REECE *

T URKEY T URKEY

G REECE * G REECE *

P APUA N EW G UINEA

P APUA N EW G UINEA

I NDONESIA

I NDONESIA

P APUA N EW G UINEA P APUA N EW G UINEA

I NDONESIA I NDONESIA

C HILE

C HILE

C HILE C HILE

Mine tailings Tonnes per year

Mine tailings Tonnes per year Mine tailings Tonnes per year Mine tailings Tonnes per year 90 000 000 90 000 000 90 000 000

Riverine discharges of mine tailings Riverine discharges of mine tailings Riverine discharges of mine tailings

Riverine discharg s of mine tailings

90 000 000

40 000 000

40 000 000

40 000 000 40 000 000

10 000 000

10 000 000

I NDONESIA

I NDONESIA

2 000 000 500 000 10 000 000 10 000 000

2 000 000 500 000

I NDONESIA I NDONESIA

P APUA N EW G UINEA

P APUA N EW G UINEA

*No data available 2 000 000 500 000 2 000 000 500 000

L ÓPEZ , 2017 P APUA N EW G UINEA P APUA N EW G UINEA

*No data available

L ÓPEZ , 2017

Source: UNEP Global Programme of Action, 2013, International Assessme t of Marine and Riv rine Disposal; Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection, Scopi g Paper on the Impacts of wastes and other matter in the marin environment from mining operations.

Source: UNEP Global Programme of Action, 2013, International Assessment of Marine and Riverine Disposal; Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection, Scoping Paper on the Impacts of wastes and other matter in the marine environment from mining operations.

*No data available

Source: UNEP Global Programme of Action, 2013, International Assessment of Marine and Riverine Disposal; Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection, Scoping Paper on the Impacts of wastes and other matter in the marine environment from mining operations. Source: UNEP Global Programme of Action, 2013, International Assessment of Marine and Riverine Disposal; Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection, Scoping Paper on the Impacts of wastes and other matter in the marine environment from mining operations. *No data available Graphi from Mine Tailings Storage – Safety is no Accident.

L ÓPEZ , 2017 L ÓPEZ , 2017

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