WORLD_ China Kills A River In Foreign Country With Acidic Waste Spill, Leaving Millions In Emergency

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China Kills A River In Foreign Country With Acidic Waste Spill, Leaving Millions In Emergency

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John Oyewale
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March 20, 2025 10:15 AM ET


A massive acid leak from a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia contaminated the country’s most important waterway, threatening the livelihood and health of more than half the country’s population and forcing the Chinese company to apologize, according to reports.

A tailings dam — a large embankment dam that stores mining waste — owned by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia failed Feb. 18, spilling “acidic effluent with high heavy metal content” and leach residue from copper extraction into a tributary of the Kafue River, Zambia’s Minister of Water Development and Sanitation Collins Nzovu told the country’s Senate.

Some 50 million liters of the effluent — liquid waste or sewage — was spilled, the Associated Press reported Saturday, citing investigators from the Engineering Institution of Zambia. The country’s president, Hakainde Hichilema, reportedly called for expert assistance.

The tributary reached the acidity level of a concentrated acid, leading the authorities to shut down water supply to the surrounding areas, Nzovu said. They also shut down the mine, ordered immediate repairs to stem the spill, and began a mass education campaign against public consumption of the contaminated water and dead fish from the river, he added.

“Prior to the 18th of February this was a vibrant and alive river,” Sean Cornelius, who lives near the river, told the AP, adding that fish died and birds disappeared. “Now everything is dead, it’s like a totally dead river. Unbelievable. Overnight, this river died.” (RELATED: Toxic Train Derailment Killed More Than 43,000 Aquatic Animals, Department Says)

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