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  10 Notable Accidents and Catastrophes | Britannica

  Courrières One of Europe’s worst mining disasters occurred on March 10, 1906. Almost 1,100 people were killed and hundreds were injured when an explosion rocked the Courrières mine near the Pas-de-Calais hills in northern France. Although smoke and toxic gas were reported at the mine site in the days prior to the explosion, work continued.

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  Deadly anniversary: Rio Doce, Brazil’s worst environmental disaster…

  On November 5, 2015 an iron ore mine tailings dam owned by Samarco, a joint venture of Vale and BHP Billiton, two of the world’s largest mining firms, collapsed in Mariana, Brazil. Life along ...

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  One of World's Worst Mine Disasters Gets Worse

  1999812 · The Ok Tedi mine dumps 80,000 tons of contaminated waste rock and tailings per day from the mine-site into the Ok Tedi and Fly Rivers. According to OTML, mine waste could impact up to 1,350 square kilometers along the rivers.

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  The world’s worst offshore oil rig disasters

  201961 · Learn about the deadliest offshore oil rig disasters in history with Offshore Technology. Explore causes, consequences and lessons learned.

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  Top 10 worst mine disasters in the world - Mine …

  202051 · Highlights • The Fundão dam collapse in Brazil is known as the worst environmental disaster involving mine ore tailings in the world • The passage of the contaminated mud through the Doce river estuarine environment altered the niche of fish species • Bayesian models indicated that fish species showed low or no niche overlap …

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  Miike coal mine explosion and disaster, Japan - Ej Atlas

  20211014 · A memorial ceremony was held on 9 November 2013 to mark the 50th anniversary of the country’s worst mine accident in the postwar era. [3] An explosion in 1963 at the Mitsui Miike coal mine in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, and Arao, Kumamoto Prefecture, which u...

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  The world's worst nuclear power disasters - Power Technology

  2013106 · The world’s worst nuclear power plant accident took place in April 1986 at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine due to the release of a significant fraction of reactor core material. This event was classified by the International Atomic Energy Authority (IAEA) as Level 7 on the seven-point International Nuclear Events Scale (INES).

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