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09-13-2016, 09:10 PM
Russian mining giant is to blame for eerie blood-red river
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A Russian mining giant admitted (http://www.**rnik.ru/en/newsroom/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/ab**rmal-rains-became-the-reason-for-daldykan-river-case) that a spill at one of its plants turned a river blood red last week.*
**rilsk Nickel, the world's biggest producer of nickel and palladium, initially denied (http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/n0727-red-alert-as-river-turns-puce-from-pollution-in-arctic/) that its nickel processing factory had leaked industrial waste into the Daldykan river near the Arctic Circle.
The mining company said that, after an investigation, it found "ab**rmal heavy rain" on Sept. 5 had caused a tailings dam — which holds mining residue and wastewater — to overflow into the river.
SEE ALSO: River turns red in Russia just like in your worst Biblical nightmare (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/river-red-blood-russia-nickel-company/)
**rilsk Nickel said the area saw roughly 50 percent of its monthly average precipitation in rainfall over the course of 24 hours. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/russia-red-river-**rilsk-nickel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A Russian mining giant admitted (http://www.**rnik.ru/en/newsroom/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/ab**rmal-rains-became-the-reason-for-daldykan-river-case) that a spill at one of its plants turned a river blood red last week.*
**rilsk Nickel, the world's biggest producer of nickel and palladium, initially denied (http://siberiantimes.com/ecology/others/news/n0727-red-alert-as-river-turns-puce-from-pollution-in-arctic/) that its nickel processing factory had leaked industrial waste into the Daldykan river near the Arctic Circle.
The mining company said that, after an investigation, it found "ab**rmal heavy rain" on Sept. 5 had caused a tailings dam — which holds mining residue and wastewater — to overflow into the river.
SEE ALSO: River turns red in Russia just like in your worst Biblical nightmare (http://mashable.com/2016/09/07/river-red-blood-russia-nickel-company/)
**rilsk Nickel said the area saw roughly 50 percent of its monthly average precipitation in rainfall over the course of 24 hours. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/09/13/russia-red-river-**rilsk-nickel/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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