Environmental Consequences of Open Pit Mining - Blogger
2012-3-14 Another very recent example is the Samarco iron ore mine in Minas Gerais, Brazil, a joint venture between the Anglo-Australian mining giant, BHP Billiton, and Brazil’s biggest iron ore miner, Vale SA, which failed in early November 2015, releasing 81 million cubic yards of mining waste, killing perhaps 20 people, destroying nearby villages housing more than 600 people, polluting drinking water over an