Baogang Tailings Dam
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title:
Baogang Tailings Dam
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Baogang Tailings Dam, also known as the Baotou Tailings Dam or Weikuang Dam, is a tailings dam in Inner Mongolia, China, on the outer ring of the city of Baotou, about 20 kilometres from the city centre. The dam is filled with tailings and waste slurry from nearby rare earth mineral refinery plants. Accounts of the tailings dam appeared in western media outlets after a visit in 2015 by British writers Tim Maughan, Liam Young and Kate Davies from Unknown Fields, a "nomadic design studio" from Lon
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Dam in Baotou
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baogang_Tailings_Dam
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2023-11-02T00:34:40Z
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