Browsing: <a href="/tag/qld">Queensland</a> <i class="grey">•</i> <a href="/tag/water">Water</a>

A court has fined the former owners of a Queensland copper mine $500,000 for causing serious environmental harm as a result of uncontrolled discharges during torrential rain that contaminated a 52-kilometre stretch of waterways.

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A company that says it has spent more than $20 million on environmental infrastructure at its copper mine must pay a $140,000 fine and $20,000 in costs for failing to comply with protection orders.