A copper mine in British Columbia produces a metal the world needs to phase out fossil fuels. It holds promise — and danger.

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

China's Sino-Metals Leach Zambia has been ordered to compensate all farmers and consumers affected by dam breach in the Kafue ...

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

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...