User:JuniperisCommunis/List of mining disasters

This article contains a list of mining accidents including (but not limited to) coal and metals mining. This list includes acute releases of toxic materials (e.g., sudden failure of a tailings pond), but does not include on-going toxic contamination (e.g., slow release of toxic materials to ground water). Similarly, the casualty figures only include casualties directly associated with the acute event rather than chronic or long-term exposure (e.g., to a toxic material).

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