EVENTS
2025 EVENTS
January 8, 2026
This one-day meeting includes graduate students and faculty and potentially interested partner professionals and presentation of tailings related research finding from the past year.
Location: Colorado State University Campus
Conference November 13-14, 2025
Rethinking Tailings Management:
A Workshop on Novel Technologies and Integrated Approaches
Executive Summary:
The mining industry faces ever-increasing pressure to enhance the safety, environmental performance, and social acceptance of tailings storage facilities (TSFs). Traditional wet tailings impoundments present significant technical, environmental, and social challenges. This proposal outlines a one-day in-person workshop designed to critically evaluate and promote the adoption of alternative tailings management strategies, focusing on filtered tailings, commingling, and other novel technologies. The workshop will adopt an integrated approach, considering technical feasibility, environmental benefits, social implications, and economics. We will foster a collaborative environment for knowledge sharing and the development of actionable strategies for a more sustainable future in tailings management.
Website:
The University of Arizona included the Tailings Center and Tailings Day theme as part of the much larger October 23 Mines for Limitless Minds event. Over 1,000 U of A students and 150 high school students attended. Several of our TC Partners were present. The Colorado School of Mines and Colorado State will host Tailings Day events as follows:
- Mines – Tuesday, November 11 – 5 to 6:30 pm – Hill Hall 202
- CSU – Monday, December 1, 2025 – 5 to 7:30 pm – Longs Peak Room, Lory Student Center
To read about our previous events, please visit our past events page!
