The catastrophic failure at the Sino Metals’ tailings dam in Chambishi, Zambia, on 18 February 2025 is a major setback to global efforts to prevent such disasters and an ominous sign in a world ...

Six months after being deluged by a tide of toxic red sludge, towns downstream of the failed alumina tailings dam near Ajka, Hungary remain ruined and largely deserted, with residents and former ...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is allowing the height of the Mount Polley tailings dam to be raised an extra four metres, a decade after a similar storage site burst in one of the ...