[Translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

AMMC began to pay tens of billions of soms for harmful emissions in atmosphere, 12 August 2021

During a press tour organized by AIMC to the Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine (AMMC), the head of the environmental protection department of the plant, Davron Abdurakhmanov, announced the amount to be paid for harmful emissions...

According to him, the AMMC emits 170 thousand tons of harmful substances into the atmosphere per year, although the norm is 64 thousand tons.

Monitoring is carried out by laboratories for measuring harmful emissions. An action plan is created to reduce emissions at excess points, and the culprits bear administrative responsibility...

As he noted, it is impossible to build production without harming nature, therefore, before the construction of each facility, the State Committee for Ecology issues an environmental impact statement, which states how much harm it can cause and how it can be reduced...