The sun rises over Lake Malawi.

On 27 May 1937, after one week of sustained heavy rainfall, a voluminous flood caused the death of at least 300 people and the destruction of the historic El Carmen church and several neighborhoods in the mining region of Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, central Mexico. This destructive flood was triggered by the breaching of the impoundment of the Los Cedros tailings and the sudden release of circa 16 Mt of water-saturated waste materials.

Anglo American PLC's Los Bronces copper mine has been slapped with a 3.8 billion pesos ($6.24 million) fine and ordered to shut one of its waste dumps, Chile's environmental regulator said on Tuesd

An order by Chile's SMA environmental regulator to shut a waste dump at Anglo American PLC's Los Bronces copper mine will not impact production or operations there, the company told Reuters on Tues

Khartoum — The Sudanese Ministry of Minerals announced a temporarily halt to issuing licenses to gold mining companies in the northern Sudanese Rive Nile state on Tuesday.

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Satish Kamlakant Navelkar & Ors Vs State of Goa & Ors. dated 08/04/2015 regarding damage to the agricultural land and the surrounding environment due to dumping of mining rejection and discharge of untreated water generated in the mining operations in Poira- Mayem, Taluka Bicholim, Goa.

Gold miners in the country have expressed concern on the improper disposal of mercury within the industry.

WELLINGTON - Two of the world's most toxic former mines are to be cleaned up after decades of leaching poisons into the ground in New Zealand's South Island, the government said on Wednesday.

A controversial mine which caused one of Spain’s biggest ever environmental disasters is set to reopen, the government has announced.

For decades, villagers in a rural area of Guangxi have seen their rice saplings wilt shortly after planting and found soft bones a common ailment.

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