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The reservoir emptying through the failed Teton Dam on June 5, 1976 Ruins of the dam of Vega de Tera (Spain) after breaking in 1959. A dam failure or dam burst is a catastrophic type of structural failure characterized by the sudden, rapid, and uncontrolled release of impounded water or the likelihood of such an uncontrolled release. [1]
The Los Frailes mine is owned by Boliden-Apirsa (formerly Andaluza de Piritas, S.A.), the Spanish subsidiary of Boliden, and produces about 125,000 t (123,000 long tons; 138,000 short tons) of zinc and 2.9 million troy ounces (200,000 lb; 90,000 kg) of silver per year.
The flood was caused by the failure of a dam, releasing water from the Vega de Tera reservoir. A total of 144 of the 664 residents in Ribadelago were killed. It was the first of two fatal dam failures in Europe that year; in December, the collapse of the Malpasset Dam resulted in over 400 fatalities.
An agreement by Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco to pay 170 billion reais ($29.85 billion) in compensation for a deadly dam collapse in Brazil could end more than a hundred lawsuits ...
The landslide eventually formed a dam that created a lake three miles (5 km) long and over 200 ft (60 m) deep. [7] Concerned the dam could fail, the state of Utah decided to build a tunnel to re-route the flow of the river. [12] The residents of downstream Spanish Fork were told to be prepared to evacuate. Engineers estimated that if the dam ...
A hearing in a lawsuit against BHP over Brazil's worst environmental disaster, the 2015 collapse of the Mariana dam, will begin at London's High Court on Monday, with claimants seeking up to 36 ...
— The reservoir behind North Fork Dam, across the North Fork of Bens Creek, is the primary source of domestic water supply for Greater Johnstown. The 1930s dam also presents a flood risk since ...
Silver Lake Dam (Michigan) South Fork Dam; Spencer Dam; Sweetwater Dam; Swift Dam (Montana) T. Taum Sauk Hydroelectric Power Station; Teton Dam; V. Van Norman Dams; W ...