A Brief History of: The Ajka Alumina Dam failure (Short Documentary)
Channel: Plainly Difficult
Date: 2021-01-09

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The process of manufacturing Aluminium oxide, creates large amounts of a toxic material called red mud. 

A plant in Ajka, Hungary would experience a dam failure at its red mud reservoir and would result in death and pollution in the local area. 

The disaster would be scarily similar to the Baia Mare Cyanide Spill 

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Ajka Alumina Plant Dam failure and Spill.