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Acid spill from Chinese-owned copper mine contaminates vital waterway in Zambia
The incident reportedly began on Feb. 18, when the tailings dam collapsed at the mine run by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia.
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A river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine
The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings ... dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the ...
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The world has just lost a river: 50 million liters of acid now flowing
On February 18th, 2025, a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine tailings dam near Kitwe collapsed and spat 50 million liters of acidic waste into the Kafue River. This spill resulted in extensive ...
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Acid spill devastates Zambia’s Kafue River
This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows the path of mine waste in the Mwambashi River, a tributary of the Kafue River, following a tailing dam breach at a Senate votes to avoid ...
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A river ‘died’ overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a Chinese-owned mine
The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings ... dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the Kafue River, Zambia’s most important waterway, the engineering ...