This dam, designed to contain acidic waste, released an estimated 50 million litres of toxic material into a stream feeding the Kafue River, Zambia's most important waterway. The waste is a ...

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Zambia's Kafue river contaminated: An incident of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine has reportedly led to the contamination of the Kafue River, a major waterway in Zambia, potentially ...

The collapse of a tailings dam—an earth-filled embankment used to store mining waste—on February 18 released an estimated 50 million liters of waste into the Kafue River, according to ...

Advertisement Article continues below this ad An Associated Press reporter visited parts of the Kafue River, where dead fish could be seen washing up on the banks about 100 kilometers (60 miles ...

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 ...