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Two years after Mexico’s biggest mine spill villagers still don't trust their drinking water

edumine | February 29, 2016 | 11:45 am Base Metals Education Precious Metals Europe Latin America Copper Gold 

Close to 40,000 cubic meters of wastewater from a copper mine in northern Mexico spilled into rivers in 2014, forcing authorities to restrict water supply to urban areas. The leak, which is now considered the worst environmental disaster in the...

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