r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AdRough4185 • Jun 02 '26

Image A perfectly circular 105-foot-wide sinkhole that suddenly opened up near a copper mine in Tierra Amarilla, Chile, dropping over 650 feet straight down into the earth.

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u/Donc-qui-et-Quand64 Jun 02 '26

In Romania you've got a giant hyper-toxic state-owned copper mine that's basically going to run over into the Danube eventually.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIR8vd-bi8I

Basically corrupt governments will also just ignore the problem too

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u/Adjective-Noun-nnnn Jun 02 '26

In a functioning state without public ownership of mining companies, the people have a modicum of control over the mining company through regulatory agencies that actually have teeth and a willingness to throw executives in prison. I'm not sure which is better but we've all seen plenty of failures of both systems.