Environmental ProblemThis the kind of problem that management should never have allowed to happen. All they had to do was to sit down and ask themselves what is the one issue that can permanently close down this mine? And the obvious answer is environmental problems. They should have then taken every safeguard to ensure that it didn't happen. I don't think this is a serious problem; nevertheless the environmental whackos are having a field day.
I also think that a thorough investigation should be carried out to ensure that this was not a case of industrial sabotage. Also watch out for the whackos throwing dead fish in the stream.