Russia: Chelyabinsk Zink Plant among top air polluters in city
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 15 Jan 2019
Standort: Russland
Unternehmen
JSC Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant - Subsidiary , Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) - Parent CompanyProjekte
Chelyabinsk plant - OperationBetroffen
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Gemeinschaft: ( Number unknown - Russland , Bergbau , Gender not reported )Themen
Air pollutionAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Art der Quelle: News outlet
[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
ChEMK, Mechel, a zinc plant and ChTPZ will be forced to drastically reduce emissions, 15 January 2019
Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk are planning to drastically reduce emissions from transport and factories. Environmentalists will demand to reduce air pollution from the Chelyabinsk Electrometallurgical Plant, zinc plant, Mechel-Koks and other large enterprises....
"Given that chronic air pollution, according to the Chelyabinsk hydrometeorological centre, are substances of the 1st and 2nd class of hazard, the activities of the enterprises will be mainly aimed at reducing and, if possible, eliminating these pollutants in emissions", - commented in Rosprirodnadzor.