The dam, which burst on January 25, has claimed at least 110 lives, with 238 more missing and feared dead, civil-defence authorities said yesterday. Vale chief executive Fabio Schvartsman said ...
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China Uncensored on MSNOpinion
China caused one of the worst toxic disasters ever - then tried to bury it - my analysis
A Chinese-owned copper mine in Zambia suffered a catastrophic tailings dam collapse, releasing massive amounts of toxic waste into a river that millions rely on for drinking water and farming. As the ...
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B.C. government approves higher Mount Polley tailings dam, 12 years after disaster
VICTORIA — Ministers in British Columbia have approved plans to increase the height of the tailings storage facility at the ...
Vancouver Sun on MSN
Mount Polley mine permitted to increase height of facility's tailings dam
The province has granted Imperial Metals permission to increase the height of the tailings dam at its Mount Polley copper and gold mine northeast of Williams Lake, the same mine that suffered a ...
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday announced an initial federal fine of 250 million reais (66.3 million U.S. dollars) for the companies involved in the collapse of two tailings dams.
Nineteen people were killed when a tailings dam attached to an iron mine in Mariana collapsed, smothering whole villages in toxic sludge and poisoning the Doce River in what is Brazil’s worst ...
More than 100 tonnes of dead farmed fish were found in a river in south China after a tin mine tailings dam collapsed in the upper reaches. Large number fish found dead in South China's Guangxi ...
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