North Macedonia: Local authorities plan to turn toxic tailings dump into solar power plant
Résumé
Date indiquée: 29 Aoû 2023
Lieu: République de Macédoine du Nord
Entreprises
Minstroy Holding JSC - Parent CompanyProjets
Zletovo mine - OperationConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Communauté: ( Chiffre inconnu - République de Macédoine du Nord , Exploitation minière , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Impacts sur les moyens de subsistance , Pollution des eauxRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 29 Aoû 2023
Lieu: République de Macédoine du Nord
Entreprises
Minstroy Holding JSC - Parent CompanyProjets
Zletovo mine - OperationConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Communauté: ( Chiffre inconnu - République de Macédoine du Nord , Exploitation minière , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Pollution des solsRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 29 Aoû 2023
Lieu: République de Macédoine du Nord
Entreprises
Minstroy Holding JSC - Parent CompanyProjets
Zletovo mine - OperationConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Communauté: ( Chiffre inconnu - République de Macédoine du Nord , Exploitation minière , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Pollution atmosphériqueRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Toxic tailings dump in North Macedonia to be turned into solar power plant, 29 August 2023
The authorities in Probištip are preparing a plan for the installation of a photovoltaic facility which would at the same time solve a decades-old public health risk. Of note, TAB Mak commissioned a solar power plant late last year on the territory of the industrial town for the needs of its lead battery factory, while Israel-based BIG Shopping Centers and its subsidiary BIG Energia Holdings are developing projects for two such renewable electricity plants.
The next step in the transformation of the local economy and energy system is to rehabilitate the location of the tailings dump which was used by a lead and zinc mine. Probištip is exposed to polluted water from the location, just a couple of hundred meters from the first houses, and also to toxic dust that the wind spreads...
The municipal council has initiated a procedure for changing spatial plans. The idea is to protect the population and the environment from heavy metal poisoning by introducing measures like leachate purification. In the second phase, a solar power plant would be placed on several hectares...
The Zletovo mine continued its operations in 2016, after a one-year break due to bankruptcy.