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Criminal Charges for Mine Waste Dumping in Alaska
Mine wastewater is nasty stuff – so much so that this week, a mining company was criminally charged for dumping it into water. While XS Platinum is being indicted, other mining companies around the world routinely dump toxic mine wastewater into rivers, lakes and oceans.
Tagged with: mining, alaska, tailings
More Mine Waste Spills in Mexico: Where’s the Oversight?
A few weeks ago, yet another mine spilled toxic waste into rivers in Mexico, this time in the northern state of Sinaloa – the third reported mine waste spill since August.
Tagged with: tailings, mine waste, mexico, rivers, baja california sur
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