Riverine waste disposal at the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea.  Waste
water laced with tailings runs from a
pipe rupture directly into the Kaiya River.  Credit: EARTHWORKS

Tailings pipes from the Marcopper mine in Marinduque entering the sea at Calancan Bay, Philippines.  Credit: Catherine Coumans/MiningWatch Canada

Acid mine drainage at the Summitville, CO Superfund site.  Credit: EARTHWORKS

Thousands of dead fish washed up on the shores of the Danube River after  100,000 cubic meters of cyanide-contaminated waste spilled into a tributary from the Baia Mare gold mine in Romania.  Credit:  Tibor Kocsis