Technological and digital innovation is set to drive industry best practice in tailings dam management.
While many mining companies have invested considerable effort in meeting the first Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management’s (GISTM) compliance deadline of August 2023, the real work starts now. The GISTM was published three years ago.
According to James Dutchman, principal engineering geologist at SRK Consulting, the company has been working intensively with clients to forge innovative strategies for meeting the new GISTM requirements.
“The governance exercise over the last few years for certain miners to reach GISTM conformance has been busy and often challenging. This has set the minimum requirement for good governance and responsible management and must be maintained going forward,” says Dutchman.
Considerable innovation is underway as mining companies embrace the general trend of digital transformation to find efficient solutions for a higher standard of Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF) management. Much of this focused on improved monitoring of TSF performance through more robust monitoring techniques, digital data generation and communication, and advanced data analytics.
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