Talk:List of tailings dam failures

Early comments
Regarding imortance of the subject: this paper by a couple of mining engineers cites approvingly a statement by some of their peers that: “Tailings storage facilities typically represent the most significant environmental liability associated with mining operations.” Major tailings dam breaches occur about once a year somewhere in the world and they are serious events -- Communpedia Tribal (talk) 01:23, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

Brumadinho dam disaster to be considered for addition
The Brumadinho dam disaster recently occurred on 25 January 2019. It is an active disaster. It should be considered for addition once facts and statistics are stable. -- Nazrila (talk) 09:20, 27 January 2019 (UTC)