Russia: Chelyabinsk Zink Plant among top air polluters in city
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 15 Ene 2019
Ubicación: Rusia
Empresas
JSC Chelyabinsk Zinc Plant - Subsidiary , Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (UMMC) - Parent CompanyProyectos
Chelyabinsk plant - OperationAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Comunidad: ( Número desconocido - Rusia , Minería , Gender not reported )Temas
Air pollutionRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: 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.