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Mining pollution

June 9, 2016

The flow of polluted water from old mining areas is posing a problem in South Africa, which is now planning to charge mining companies two-thirds of the cost of cleaning up toxic water pollution.

Mine excavation machinery against a setting sun
Image: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Treatment plans for mines in South Africa

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