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Porgera Red Wara (River) Women's Association

HQ 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea · 1 project tracked

The Red River Below the Gold Mine

Fresh Water

🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

Only a handful of industrial mines on Earth still tip their tailings straight into a river. Three of them are in Papua New Guinea, and the women downstream named theirs the Red River.

14ktonnes/dayMine tailings discharged into the Pongema river daily
4minesIndustrial mines worldwide still using riverine tailings disposal
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