There are many mine disasters that have occurred in the Mountain State throughout the years. One such disaster is the Sago ...

A major environmental disaster in Zambia has brought renewed attention to the harmful practices of global mining corporations. In February 2025, a waste pit at a copper mine operated by Sino-Metals ...

LONDON (AP) — A London judge ruled Friday that global mining giant BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse 10 years ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a ...

The Ebonyi Government has commenced investigation into the collapse of a mining pit in Ihietutu, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Chidi Onyia ...

A U.K. judge has found that the Australian multinational mining company BHP is liable for a 2015 dam collapse in southeastern Brazil. The incident killed 19 people and unleashed at least 40 million ...

Four years after the Fundão dam collapse—the world's largest mining disaster, which occurred in 2015 in the city of Mariana in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil—a study found that fish in the Doce ...