Tailings Management

Mining Industry Use Case

Ensure safe tailings management with comprehensive dam inspections, environmental monitoring, stability assessments, and compliance tracking.

The Challenge

Mining operations must ensure safe tailings management, but managing dam inspections, environmental monitoring, stability assessments, and compliance across multiple facilities is complex.

Common Pain Points:

  • • Dam inspections are time-consuming
  • • Environmental monitoring is fragmented
  • • Stability assessments are manual
  • • Compliance tracking is difficult
  • • No real-time visibility into tailings safety
  • • Difficult to ensure compliance across facilities

Traditional vs. Digital Approach

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Traditional Manual Process

  • • 3-4 hours per dam inspection
  • • Paper-based monitoring logs
  • • Manual stability calculations
  • • Delayed compliance reporting

Algus Digital Solution

  • • 1-1.5 hours per inspection
  • • Digital monitoring dashboards
  • • Automated stability analysis
  • • Real-time compliance tracking

The Algus Solution

Our comprehensive tailings management solution provides dam inspections, environmental monitoring, stability assessments, and compliance tracking.

Dam Safety Inspections

Comprehensive dam inspection templates with structural integrity checks, seepage monitoring, and stability assessments.

  • • Structural integrity checks
  • • Seepage monitoring
  • • Stability assessments
  • • Photo documentation

Environmental Monitoring

Monitor environmental impact with water quality testing, air quality monitoring, and wildlife impact assessments.

  • • Water quality testing
  • • Air quality monitoring
  • • Wildlife impact assessments
  • • Real-time monitoring

Stability Assessments

Assess tailings dam stability with geotechnical analysis, slope stability calculations, and risk assessments.

  • • Geotechnical analysis
  • • Slope stability calculations
  • • Risk assessments
  • • Automated calculations

Compliance Management

Ensure tailings compliance with regulatory requirements, industry standards, and environmental permits.

  • • Regulatory compliance tracking
  • • Industry standards verification
  • • Environmental permit management
  • • Audit trail documentation

Tailings Management Analytics

Real-time dashboards with dam safety metrics, environmental impact, stability trends, and compliance performance.

  • • Safety metrics dashboards
  • • Environmental impact analysis
  • • Stability trend tracking
  • • Compliance performance
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Task & Action Management

Convert inspection findings into maintenance tasks with assignment, tracking, and completion workflows.

  • • Maintenance task creation
  • • Task assignment and tracking
  • • Priority-based workflows
  • • Completion verification
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Issue Management

Track and resolve tailings safety issues, dam problems, and compliance violations with QR code reporting.

  • • QR code issue reporting
  • • Safety issue tracking
  • • Priority-based resolution
  • • Issue history and analytics
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Document Management

Organize tailings management plans, inspection reports, environmental permits, and compliance documentation.

  • • Management plan storage
  • • Inspection report library
  • • Environmental permit management
  • • Compliance documentation
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Workflow & Approval

Automate tailings approval workflows, inspection authorization, and compliance approvals.

  • • Approval workflows
  • • Inspection authorization
  • • Multi-level approvals
  • • Automated notifications
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Implementation Example

See how a typical tailings management process works with Algus.

Tailings Management Workflow

1

Dam Inspection

Engineer conducts dam safety inspection using mobile app with digital checklist for structural integrity and seepage

2

Environmental Monitoring

Environmental team monitors water quality, air quality, and wildlife impact with real-time data collection

3

Stability Assessment

Geotechnical engineer performs stability assessment with automated calculations and risk analysis

4

Compliance Verification

System verifies regulatory compliance, industry standards, and environmental permit requirements

5

Issue Identification

Safety issues identified with QR code reporting and automatically create maintenance action tasks

6

Management Reporting

Automated tailings management reports generated with safety status, environmental impact, and compliance metrics

ROI Benefits

Measurable improvements in tailings safety, environmental compliance, and operational efficiency.

70%

Faster Dam Inspections

From 3-4 hours to 1-1.5 hours per inspection

100%

Environmental Compliance

All facilities meet environmental requirements

50%

Reduction in Risk

Proactive management reduces safety risks

60%

Faster Reporting

Automated reporting reduces manual compilation time

Customer Success Story

See how a mining company improved tailings management and compliance across their facilities.

Large Mining Corporation

Challenge:

Managing tailings safety and compliance across 8 tailings facilities with manual inspection processes and fragmented environmental monitoring.

Solution:

Implemented Algus with comprehensive dam inspections, automated environmental monitoring, and digital compliance tracking.

Results:

  • • 70% faster dam inspections
  • • 100% environmental compliance achieved
  • • 50% reduction in safety risks
  • • $2.5M annual cost savings

Key Implementation Features:

  • • Digital dam inspection templates
  • • Automated environmental monitoring
  • • Stability assessment tools
  • • Compliance management
  • • Real-time tailings dashboards
  • • Mobile app for field inspections

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