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Chinese mining firm ‘covered up toxic spill’ in Zambia
Farmers in Zambia are suing a Chinese-owned mining company https://www.thetimes.com/world/africa/article/chinese-mining-firm-toxic-spill-zambia-6lvfrwp7z they claim was responsible for one of the world’s worst environmental disasters.
The government in Lusaka, which is renegotiating a $5.6 billion debt with Chinese lenders, has insisted there is “no cause for alarm” after a dam holding back a reservoir of chemical waste burst in February, unleashing a toxic flood.
The spill near the northern city of Kitwe, acidic enough to dissolve human bone, surged into streams and rivers including the Kafue, which supplies drinking water to millions of people, including those in the capital.
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Farmers in Zambia are suing a Chinese-owned mining company https://www.thetimes.com/world/africa/article/chinese-mining-firm-toxic-spill-zambia-6lvfrwp7z they claim was responsible for one of the world’s worst environmental disasters.
The government in Lusaka, which is renegotiating a $5.6 billion debt with Chinese lenders, has insisted there is “no cause for alarm” after a dam holding back a reservoir of chemical waste burst in February, unleashing a toxic flood.
The spill near the northern city of Kitwe, acidic enough to dissolve human bone, surged into streams and rivers including the Kafue, which supplies drinking water to millions of people, including those in the capital.
#local
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