"RELAVERA"

English translation: tailings dam

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Spanish term or phrase:"RELAVERA"
English translation:tailings dam
Entered by: Andres Fekete

14:34 Aug 28, 2013
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Spanish term or phrase: "RELAVERA"
Este siniestro trata del reclamo por daños en las Relaveras 1 y 2 y su ‘recrecimiento’, de propiedad del Asegurado Compañía Minera San Juan (CMSJ), las cuales están localizadas en el Cerro Tamboraque ocurrido el 7 de mayo de 2008.
francef31
Local time: 05:25
tailings dam
Explanation:
The text is a little vague without more context but it apparently refers to damage to tailing dams 1 and 2 which caused flooding. Hope this helps!
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Andres Fekete
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5leaching pond
bigedsenior
4tailings dam
Andres Fekete
3tailings impoundsments
Sara Ruiz
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tailings impoundsments


Explanation:
Relavera is also called presa de relave


    Reference: http://www.linguee.es/espanol-ingles/traduccion/presas+de+re...
Sara Ruiz
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tailings dam


Explanation:
The text is a little vague without more context but it apparently refers to damage to tailing dams 1 and 2 which caused flooding. Hope this helps!

Andres Fekete
Uruguay
Local time: 07:25
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RELAVERA
leaching pond


Explanation:
this is where the tailings are leached

bigedsenior
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Reference information:
There are a number of entries which may be worth looking into:

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=2635907
Here is another example of recrecmiento:
Ministerio de Energía y Minas aprobó la modificación del diseño del recrecimiento del dique de contención del depósito de relaves, y nombró a la Empresa EIA “Tecnología XXI S.A.”, para que realice la inspección de verificación de la construcción.
(the reason for posting this is your text makes mention of "recrecimiento" so have a look.

http://jhuancahuari.blogspot.com/2011/02/piden-reubicacion-d...
http://jhuancahuari.blogspot.com/2011/02/piden-reubicacion-d...

Ensayo de adaptación de especies vegetales para la cobertura ...
revistas.concytec.gob.pe/scielo.php?pid=S2070...‎
by P HIDALGO CAMARENA - ‎2010 - ‎Related articles
El área seleccionada en la ** relavera ** de la planta concentradora “Santa Rosa de ... ecological conditions at the **tailing dam** of the “Santa Rosa de Jangas” mill, ...

Relavera> tailings dam
I have in a glossary "lagunas de cola" is the **tailings impoundments**

http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1507585

A starting point. HTH.

Taña Dalglish
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