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

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

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 ...

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 ...