A Chinese mining company has been seeking to cover up the extent of a dam collapse that brought ecological disaster to Zambia’s Kafue River Basin, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ ...

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A year after a deadly accident at the Mollie Kathleen Mine in Cripple Creek that left a dozen people stranded 1,000 feet underground for several hours, resulting in the death of a mine operator, state ...

A major environmental disaster in Zambia has brought renewed attention to the harmful practices of global mining corporations. In February 2025, a waste pit at a copper mine operated by Sino-Metals ...

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