Russian mining giant is to blame for eerie blood-red river
 

Russian mining giant is to blame for eerie blood-red river
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A Russian mining giant admitted 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 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.

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**rilsk Nickel said the area saw roughly 50 percent of its monthly average precipitation in rainfall over the course of 24 hours. Read more...

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