Important GBA Mine Tailings Resources Now Available to ALL

 

In the spirit of elevating geoprofessional value, acting as trusted advisors, and holding health, safety, and welfare paramount, the Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) has made three important mine tailings documents available for the first time to everyone at NO COST, regardless of GBA  membership. These documents will guide mine owners, regulators, and practitioners toward a more efficient and safer approach to designing and maintaining mine tailings dams.

To download these resources, you will need to have a GBA account. LEARN MORE. Non-members, or those without accounts, will need to click “Don’t have an account?” and follow the prompts.

Previously only available to GBA member firms, you may now access the following documents at no cost:

Proposed Best Practices for Engineer of Record for Tailings Dams: DOWNLOAD HERE
This document provides recommendations from an informed body of geotechnical engineering practitioners for defining the roles and responsibilities of an Engineer of Record for a tailings dam or coal combustion residuals dam to enhance safety, environmental suitability, and social sustainability.

Business Brief: Addressing the Issue of Engineer of Record for Tailings Storage Facilities: DOWNLOAD HERE
This document informs and educates engineering firms of the ever-increasing levels of risk associated with tailings-related work.

Important Information About this Tailings Storage Facility Design Report: DOWNLOAD HERE
This report was prepared by a GBA member firm in accordance with guidelines developed by GBA and reviewed by other recognized dam and mine safety organizations.

These materials supplement each other and you are encouraged to download all of them and begin using them immediately.

If you need assistance accessing the resources or setting up your GBA account, please contact GBA at info@geoprofessional.org or 301-565-2733.

Other feedback, questions, or commentary may be directed to GBA Executive Director Joel G. Carson at jcarson@geoprofessional.org.

These resources are examples of GBA’s ability to positively impact the geoprofessional industry through planning and collaboration – and increasing access to them will elevate the safety of mine tailings dams worldwide.

GBA helps members become better educated, more skilled, more professional, and more successful, and it does so largely through its library of hundreds of resources: publications, audio programs, videos, webinars, training curricula, model documents, case studies, and more.
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