Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that poisoned ...

A dam break in China's Hunan province forced almost 6,000 people to evacuate, even as authorities rushed to stem the resulting floods, state media reported on Saturday. According to state news ...

A breach at a tailings dam in northern Zambia has sparked intense debate over the environmental costs of copper mining. The ...

China has signaled plans for a hydropower project in Tibet along one of the region’s main rivers, fanning speculation of a ...

In April 2004, The New York Times announced that Prime Minister Wen Jiabao “unexpectedly suspended plans for a massive dam system on the Nu (Salween) River in western China that scientists had ...

India is building a giant hydropower dam near the Siang river to counter ... What's needed is a "comprehensive water-sharing agreement between China and India", said Rouhin Deb in The Indian ...

BEIJING--China has approved the construction of what will be the world’s largest hydropower dam, kicking off an ambitious project on the eastern rim of the Tibetan plateau that could affect ...

This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows a breach at a tailing dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille ) ...