Russia: Chelyabinsk Zink Plant among top air polluters in city
Summary
Date Reported: 15 Jan 2019
Location: Russia
Companies
JSC Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant - Subsidiary , Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) - Parent CompanyProjects
Chelyabinsk plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Russia , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: No
Source type: 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.