Dubai-Based Owner of South Africa Mine Waste Dam Probing Breach
- Mine waste floods town killing three after dam collapses
- Stargems unit offers $1.2 million to help local community
Damage caused by mining waste in the Jagersfontein-Charlesville area in Free State, South Africa.
Source: South African Government
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Stargems Group, a Dubai-based diamond merchant, said it’s probing the collapse of a dam containing mining waste in South Africa that triggered heavy flooding and resulted in three people dying and property being damaged.
About nine houses were swept away and 20 damaged when the reservoir wall at the abandoned Jagersfontein diamond mine gave away on Sunday, Nathi Shabangu, a spokesman for the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, said in a text message.