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Global Tailings Standard (GISTM)

In this video podcast, Adriaan Meintjes talks about the collaboration across multiple disciplines to develop an integrated approach to effectively manage the risks tailings storage facilities pose to the environment and society.

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Specialists Must Join Hands To Meet New Tailings Standard
James Morris , Franciska Lake, Jacky Burke

With the release of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) in August 2020, the foundation of this field has shifted, and the stakes have been raised.

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Social Engagement Prioritised in New Tailings Standard
Vasanthie Maharaj, Franciska Lake, Jessica Edwards, Matthew Law

Its probably not by chance that the first principle of the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) is to “respect the rights of project-affected people” and to “meaningfully engage them at all phases of the tailings facility lifecycle”.

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Key Environmental Focus in New Tailings Standard
Franciska Lake, Jacky Burke, Justin Walls, Matthew Law

While mines have for decades had to comply with the prevailing legislated environmental regulations, the new Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) has shifted the ground.

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Global Standard Prioritises Better Measuring, Managing of TSF Water
Peter Shepherd, Simon Lorentz, Lindsay Shand, Simon Bruton

With water posing a great risk to the stability of a tailings storage facility (TSF), the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) places significant focus on water management as part of its sweeping realignment of what global stakeholders now expect of mines.

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TSF Failure – Standards for Response and Recovery
Andries Fourie, Edrie du Plessis, Jessica Edwards

Even with the range of mitigation measures applied by mines to ensure that tailings storage facilities (TSFs) are safe, the Global Industry Standards on Tailings Management (GISTM) highlights that catastrophic failure may still occur – and outlines how mines should then respond.

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