Mine Tailings Storage: Safety Is No Accident

Marine discharges of mine tailings

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UK

F RANCE *

T URKEY

G REECE *

P APUA N EW G UINEA

I NDONESIA

C HILE

Mine tailings Tonnes per year

Riverine discharges of mine tailings

90 000 000

40 000 000

10 000 000

I NDONESIA

2 000 000 500 000

P APUA N EW G UINEA

*No data available

L ÓPEZ , 2017

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.

Marine discharges of mine tailings Figure 15. Locations of reported marine and riverine tailings disposal sites in 2012

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