Sentence examples for a tailings from inspiring English sources

The phrase "a tailings" is not correct in standard written English.
The term "tailings" is typically used in the plural form without an article, as it refers to the waste material left after the extraction of valuable minerals.
Example: "The mining company is responsible for managing the tailings produced during the extraction process."
Alternatives: "the tailings" or "tailing materials".

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The mine would also include a tailings pond, mill and wastewater treatment facilities.

In November, a tailings dam in the Brazilian mining state of Minas Gerais burst causing a huge and devastating mudflow.

Proposals for the site, known as the Hillside mine, included waste rock dumps 115m high, rerouted roads, a tailings dam and processing plant.

Syncrude said this was the first time in its 30 years that a large flock of birds had landed on a tailings pond.

The collapse of a tailings dam at an iron-ore mine in south-east Brazil in November 2015 has been called Brazil's worst environmental catastrophe.

Taseko had planned to use a wilderness lake once featured in tourism promotions as a tailings dump for the mine's waste.

On January 25th, a tailings dam in the Córrego do Feijão iron ore mine near the small town of Brumandinho, Minas Gerais collapsed.

The stability of a tailings dam thus becomes a major issue if the traditional method is used.

Geotextile specimens from the drainage system of a tailings dam were exhumed for analyses, as part of the research programme.

They have signed a letter condemning the bill, arguing it could increase the risk of environmental disasters like one caused when a tailings dam burst in Mariana, flooding the Brazilian countryside with millions of litres of mining waste.

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