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This chapter sets the recent scene. Two catastrophic tailings dams failures (Mount Polley and Samarco) are reviewed based on Independent Review Panel and other post-mortem analyses.
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Oboni, F., Oboni, C. (2020). Two Recent Catastrophic Tailings Dams Accidents. In: Tailings Dam Management for the Twenty-First Century. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-19447-5_2
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