Freeport-McMoRan, Rio Tinto and BHP are among the miners testing sulfide leaching as tariff threats send copper prices ...
Often, it’s not the mine sites themselves that are the problem. Over hundreds of years, waste material has been washed downstream and accumulated in riverbanks and floodplains, where humans and ...
Investigators from the Engineering Institution of Zambia revealed that the incident stemmed from the collapse of a tailings dam at the mine. This dam, designed to contain acidic waste, released an ...
A River ‘Died' Overnight in Zambia After an Acidic Waste Spill at a Chinese-Owned Mine KITWE, Zambia (AP) — Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid ...
The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a copper mine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of ...
The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a copper mine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of ...
The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a copper mine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of ...
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows a breach at a tailing dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille ) ...
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