Talk:Padcal tailings spills of August-September 2012

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Rappler.com [1] , 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