The collapse allowed some 50 million liters of waste containing concentrated acid, dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow ...

Acidic substances flowing from a Chinese copper mine in the Kafue River brought about a major environmental disaster. The chemical contamination of local water supplies through the emergency put the ...

On February 18, contamination in the Kafue river, Zambia, led to a mass death of fish. Its water turned a deathly gray and ...

The incident reportedly began on Feb. 18, when the tailings dam collapsed at the mine run by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia.

The collapse allowed some 50 million liters of waste containing concentrated acid, dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the Kafue River, Zambia’s most important ...