Tonglushan mine

Tonglushan mine
Tonglushan mine is located in China
Tonglushan mine
Tonglushan mine
Location in China
Location
Products
CompanyChina Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd.

The Tonglushan mine is a Chinese copper mine located 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of the city of Daye in Hubei province. The mine is operated by China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining Ltd., a subsidiary of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group. On 12 March 2017, the open-pit mine was the site of a tailings dam failure which killed at least 2 workers.[1] The operating company, China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining reportedly incurred a 45.2M Yuan loss due to the incident after an investigation launched by the government of Huangshi city.[2] Mining and illegal extraction of material under the dam was blamed for its failure.[2]

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  1. ↑ Partial tailings dam failure at China Daye's Tonglvshan mine kills 2, 13 March 2017, retrieved 27 June 2021
  2. 1 2 China Daye racks up 45.2M yuan loss from Tonglvshan mine dam failure, 7 March 2018, archived from the original on 27 June 2021, retrieved 27 June 2021
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