INCIDENTS

RECENT ACCIDENTS

UNEP Survey of Tailings Dam Failures (1996) - Chronology of Major Tailings Dam Failures - WISE.

Cyanide Spill Incidents 1983-2001

Recent major accidents that have involved tailings dams or cyanide, include:

Tarkwa Mine - Cyanide Spill from Tailings Dam, Wassa, October 2001
Cajamarca, Peru - Mercury Spill, June 2000
Tolkuma Mine - Cyanide Spill from Helicopter, Papua New Guinea, March 2000
Baia Borsa - Mineral Waste Spill from the Tailings Dam, Romania, March 2000
Baia Mare - Cyanide Spill from the Tailings Dam, Romania, January 2000
Kumtor Mine - Cyanide Spill from Haulage Truck, Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan), May 1998
Los Frailes - Tailings Dam Failure, Spain, April 1998
Marinduque (Marcopper Mine) - Tailings Dam Failure, Phillipines, March 1996
Omai Mine - Tailings Dam Failure, Guyana, August 1995

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