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In one of the largest environmental lawsuits in African legal history, a group of Copperbelt farmers in Zambia has filed an $80 billion lawsuit against two mining companies with Chinese ties, alleging that decades of pollution and ecological mismanagement have devastated their land. Zambian farmers filed an $80 billion lawsuit against two subsidiaries of Chinese state-owned firms following a huge spillage of toxic waste at a copper mine in February, one of the biggest environmental lawsuits in Zambia’s history. They accuse Sino Metals Leach Zambia and NFC Africa Mining of “. A major environmental disaster in Zambia has brought renewed attention to the harmful practices of global mining corporations. In February 2025, a waste pit at a copper mine operated by Sino-Metals Leach Zambia collapsed, releasing millions of gallons of highly acidic toxic sludge laced with heavy. Farmers in Zambia have filed an $80bn (£58.5bn) lawsuit against two Chinese-linked firms, blaming them for an “ecological catastrophe” caused by the collapse of a dam that stored waste from copper mining. Million of litres of highly acidic material spilled into waterways in February, leading to. Lusaka, Zambia — In what may become one of the most consequential environmental legal battles in Zambia’s history, a group of farmers has filed an $80 billion lawsuit against two Chinese-linked mining companies, accusing them of causing an ecological disaster that has devastated communities across. Explore judgments from all courts. Explore all courts →. GENEVA (19 January 2023) – A court in South Africa has admitted several UN experts as amici curiae in a class action suit filed by alleged victims of mining pollution in Zambia’s central Kabwe District. UN Special Rapporteurs on toxics and human rights, extreme poverty and human rights, rights of.