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This dam, designed to contain acidic waste, released an estimated 50 million litres of toxic material into a stream feeding ...

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 ...

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 ...