Fears of radionuclide-enriched water pollution as Madagascar mining breaches legal limits Yvonne Orengo Dr Steven H Emerman | 3rd September 2018 Rio Tinto's QMM ilmenite mine in Madagascar has breached a legal buffer zone, exposing local people to “unacceptably high” environmental risks, a new study by the Andrew Lees Trust has found. YVONNE ORENGO and STEVEN EMERMAN report