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WATCH | Power lines damaged, river polluted after dam wall collapses at Brits mine

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WATCH | Power lines damaged, river polluted after dam wall collapses at Brits mine

A tailings dam at Samancor’s Dikwena Chrome mine near Brits failed, releasing almost all stored tailings from compartment 1B and causing infrastructure damage but no casualties

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