{"id":5859,"date":"2025-03-31T14:56:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T03:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minetek.com\/?p=5859"},"modified":"2025-04-14T17:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:59:27","slug":"water-freshet-surge-the-critical-risks-mining-cant-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minetek.com\/en-us\/resource-hub\/news\/water-freshet-surge-the-critical-risks-mining-cant-ignore\/","title":{"rendered":"Water | Freshet surge: The critical risks mining can&#8217;t ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-cms-content\"><p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The growing challenge of climate change in mining<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The mining industry is no stranger to extreme environmental conditions. However, rising global temperatures are intensifying the challenges posed by seasonal changes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Freshets, which occur during spring thaws, lead to rapid snow and ice melts that significantly increase groundwater levels. These events, when combined with heavy rainfall or excessive snowfall, create severe risks for mine sites. Infrastructure, roads, Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF), and waste dumps are particularly vulnerable, with failures potentially leading to environmental disasters and operational shutdowns.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growing challenge of climate change in mining\u00a0 The mining industry is no stranger to extreme environmental conditions. However, rising global temperatures are intensifying the challenges posed by seasonal changes.\u00a0 Freshets, which occur during spring thaws, lead to rapid snow and ice melts that significantly increase groundwater levels. These events, when combined with heavy rainfall or excessive snowfall, create severe risks for mine sites. Infrastructure, roads, Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF), and waste dumps are particularly vulnerable, with failures potentially leading to environmental disasters and operational shutdowns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[5,10,60,61,96,173],"class_list":["post-5859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-water","tag-operational-efficiency","tag-mining","tag-safety","tag-environment","tag-australia-oceania","tag-product-information"],"acf":[],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Freshet surge: The critical risks mining can&#039;t ignore<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how Minetek helps mines 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