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2025-03-25 Africa Subsaharan

Chinese Copper Mine Causes Giant Acid Spill in Zambia: Major River 'Totally Dead'

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-25 00:42|| || Front Page|| [11163 views ] Top
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#1 I thought the Chinese were so cool and hip on history. Didn't they read about how the US pulled similar stunts in the 1900's?

Posted by DooDahMan 2025-03-25 08:44|| 2025-03-25 08:44|| Front Page Top

#2 The Guardian, which dials up Maximum Vapors over any pollution by a US company, says nothing about this that I can find. Which may say something about how the Guardian survives with no visible means of support.

Posted by Matt 2025-03-25 10:27|| 2025-03-25 10:27|| Front Page Top

#3 /\ Which may say something about how the Guardian survives with no visible means of support.

See Russia's TASS for "survival" details.

Posted by Besoeker 2025-03-25 10:35|| 2025-03-25 10:35|| Front Page Top

#4 RETRO
On August 5, 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) began clearing material from the opening of the Gold King Mine in Silverton, Colorado, to install a pipe to pump water out of the mine. At 10:30 a.m., the material blocking the tunnel entry suddenly gave way, and a large buildup of water that had collected behind the debris was released into Cement Creek, a tributary of the Animas River.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-25 11:46|| 2025-03-25 11:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Well to be fair, China is @$$hole.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2025-03-25 12:51|| 2025-03-25 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 #4 right up there with the Forest Service repeatedly setting New Mexico alight with uncontrolled burns.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-25 13:07|| 2025-03-25 13:07|| Front Page Top

#7 I spent part of my career in industrial wastewater treatment. Mining is a challenging business. The acids in that water can definitely be treated. The Chinese are just too cheap to do it. And don’t get me started on that EPA disaster of their own making. I did a presentation to the EPA office in Denver about removing heavy metals from legacy mine water and they couldn’t have cared less.

Posted by Remoteman 2025-03-25 17:47|| 2025-03-25 17:47|| Front Page Top

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