Date: 2022, Mar. 27
Location: Wenquan Township, Jiaokou County, Shanxi Province, China
Parent company: Shanxi Daoer Aluminum Co., Ltd.
Ore type: bauxite
Type of incident: tailings dam failure
Impacts: Part of the factory area was buried; a large pit was formed in the tailings pond; the dam body was flushed with a gap of about 70 to 80 meters, causing 7.5 mu [0.5 ha] of arbour forest land to be buried, more than 200 meters of seasonal ditches and rural roads were blocked, and part of the surrounding walls of adjacent enterprises were washed away.
