KITWE, Zambia — Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned ...

A major environmental disaster has struck Zambia. A once-thriving river was rendered lifeless overnight due to a massive ...

On Tuesday, 18 February a catastrophic failure occurred at Sino Metals’ tailings dam in Chambishi, Zambia, releasing more than 50 million litres of acidic effluent into the Mwambashi River.

Just six years on from the horrific Brumadinho disaster, it is still difficult to talk about mine tailings without recalling those events. The sudden failure of the dam at the Córrego do Feijão iron ...

A new report by Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) has found that the mine’s tailings dam is at a very serious and imminent risk of failure due to poor monitoring and internal erosion.

Mining Dam Failures Present a Global Danger Massive tailings dams, like this functional one near Antonio Pereira, Brazil, are built by mining companies to hold back the sludge left behind when a ...

The collapse last month of a Vale dam ... a tailings dam in Brazil operated by Vale SA late on Saturday, amid fears that it was structurally weak and could burst like a similar barrier failure ...

supporting tailings management and mitigating tailings dam failures. Looking ahead, the tech could also play a crucial role in taking mitigation a step further by helping companies recycle their ...

Failure of the tailings dam at Brumadinho in January 2019 brought environmental and humanitarian liabilities along with elevated attention to its social licence. We think Vale will do what is ...

Failure of the tailings dam at Brumadinho in January 2019 brought environmental and humanitarian liabilities along with elevated attention to its social licence. We think Vale will do what is ...