Zambia: Will the Chambishi Spill Affect Zambia's 'All-Weather Friendship' With China?

Will Chambishi spill affect Zambia’s ‘all-weather friendship’ with China?

Sino Metals’ toxic waste spill in the Kafue River in Zambia presents an opportunity to forge a more environmentally sustainable partnership.

Zambia: Will the Chambishi Spill Affect Zambia's 'All-Weather Friendship' With China?

Analysis - Sino Metals' pollution of the Kafue River presents an opportunity to forge a more environmentally sustainable partnership.

Toxic ties? Rethinking the China–Zambia partnership after the Chambishi spill - Africa Sustainability Matters

In February 2024, Zambia witnessed one of its worst environmental disasters in recent history when a tailings dam at the Sino Metals Leach Zambia plant near Chambishi ruptured, spilling an estimated 50 million litres of acidic waste into the Kafue River. This river is not only a critical source of drinking water but also a […]