Work suspended after dam collapses at one of Australia's largest gold mines
Just days after an earthquake hit the area, a dam wall has collapsed at the Cadia mine near Orange.
By William McInnes
10 March 2018 — 6:43pm
Operations at one of Australia’s largest gold mines had to be temporarily suspended on Friday after a partial wall collapse at one of the mine’s tailings dams.
The wall collapse at the Cadia mine comes just a few days after two earthquakes hit the area, located just south of Orange.
The wall breach was noticed in the late afternoon on Friday when workers noticed a section of the northern dam wall had collapsed into the southern tailings dam.
An aerial image showing the collapsed section of the tailings dam.
Photo: Supplied
The tailings dams contain byproducts of mining and can contain materials which are harmful to the environment and human health.
The dams are generally constructed using earth-fill and gradually raised over time.
The Cadia mine is owned by Newcrest Mining, one of the largest gold mining companies in the world.
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