--- title: Tailings Innovation Now 2026 description: The newly released 2026 Edition examines the most pressing tailings challenges of today, providing a critical roadmap of the breakthroughs and technologies driving lasting solutions --- # Tailings Innovation Now Proven solutions must be deployed at scale # Proven solutions must be deployed at scale Tailings management is no longer just an operational issue. It is a safety, environmental, and reputational imperative. Stricter global regulations, intense stakeholder scrutiny, and rising ESG expectations mean operators face unprecedented pressure to adopt safer, cleaner, and more innovative approaches. 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It is a safety, environmental, and reputational imperative. Stricter global regulations, intense stakeholder scrutiny, and rising ESG expectations mean operators face unprecedented pressure to adopt safer, cleaner, and more innovative approaches. Born from the urgent need to understand systemic risks following the Mariana (2015) and Brumadinho (2019) disasters, this flagship series has grown into essential reading for both mine operators and an increasingly concerned investor community. For six consecutive years, Mining Magazine, Mining Journal, and Australia’s Mining Monthly have partnered to publish the industry’s leading research whitepaper on Tailings Storage Facilities (TSFs). The newly released 2026 Edition examines the most pressing tailings challenges of today, providing a critical roadmap of the breakthroughs and technologies driving lasting solutions. ## Inside the 2026 Report **⚡ Technology at the Forefront** - **Dry Stacking:** Engineering strategies for dewatering, high-volume throughput, and stable unsaturated storage. - **Real-Time & AI Monitoring:** Shifting from reactive telemetry to predictive risk modelling via satellite, IoT sensors, and machine learning. - **Chemical & Biological Detoxification:** Advanced neutralisation methods to mitigate acid mine drainage and hazardous effluents before storage. - **Tailings Reprocessing & Reuse:** Extracting residual value from legacy waste and transforming tailings into paste backfill or sustainable construction aggregates.   **🌍 Global Imperatives & Implementation** - **TSFs for Communities, Operators, and Investors:** Aligning operational safety with local social license and strict institutional ESG investment criteria. - **TSFs in a Changing Climate:** Designing facilities to withstand extreme weather events, seismic shifts, and unprecedented hydrological loads. ## Interviews ##### From Tailings are dangerous, but essential. What technological innovations can ease their use? isolated systems to connected ecosystems: IWT considers the evolution of the digital mine Whether it’s across risk, safe storage, location, consent or accident prevention, everyone has an opinion on tailings. McLanahan’s Mark Taylor joins Mining Magazine, to chat through technical opportunities that can make mining safer and more profitable. --- ##### Sustainability at scale: Delivering the world's largest filtered tailings system Kenneth Rahal, director of tailings at FLS, discusses the benefits of filtered tailings. FLS is delivering the world's largest filtered tailings system to a low-grade iron ore mine in Southeast Asia. The flowsheet has until now only been deployed at much smaller mine sites. Rahal discusses this breakthrough and talks about the wider benefits and challenges of filtered tailings adoption. 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