Talk:Padcal tailings spills of August-September 2012

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 * Rappler.com, which is a mainstream Philippines news outlet, thought it was worth several stories at the time. Eg., this shows several of them: https://www.rappler.com/business/special-report/whymining/whymining-latest-stories/14136-a-look-inside-the-philex-spill
 * The Philippine Sun-Star wrote about it (Maria Elena Catajan, 2017. 'Mine firm assures integrity of storage facility'  ).
 * The Philipine Inquirer noted that the mine operator paid the government a penalty of P1.034 billion because of the spill.
 * It's one of the biggest tailings pond spills ever, in terms of volume, and these are important events.
 * It was the biggest spill to date in the Phillipines, a country with a large mining sector with a history of spills. The Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources thought it was worth a special investigation and Report. (See article on the spill by this Philippine mainstream media site: "Philex Spill..." (GMA) )
 * Phys.org, a general science news site did a story on it
 * Business World: "In August 2012, Padcal’s tailings facility suffered a break due to heavy rains, causing more than 20 million metric tons of mine waste to drain into nearby bodies of water. After an investigation, the DENR slapped a P1-billion fine on Philex Mining over violations of the Mining Act of 1995." bworldonline

-- Communpedia Tribal (talk) 23:08, 21 June 2018 (UTC)