Ukraine: Air pollution in Kryvyi Rih at "very high" level due to mining & processing plants' operations
အကျဉ်းချုပ်
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
ArcelorMittal - Parent Company , ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih - SubsidiaryAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: မဟုတ်
Source type: News outlet
အကျဉ်းချုပ်
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
PJSC Pivdenny mining and processing plant - Subsidiary , Metinvest - Parent CompanyProjects
Pivdenny mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: မဟုတ်
Source type: News outlet
အကျဉ်းချုပ်
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
PJSC Tsentralny mining and processing plant - Subsidiary , Metinvest - Parent CompanyProjects
Tsentralny mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: မဟုတ်
Source type: News outlet
အကျဉ်းချုပ်
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
Metinvest - Parent Company , PJSC Inhulets mining and processing plant - SubsidiaryProjects
Inhulets mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: မဟုတ်
Source type: News outlet
အကျဉ်းချုပ်
Date Reported: 5 Aug 2021
Location: Ukraine
Companies
PJSC Pivnichnyy mining and processing plant - Subsidiary , Metinvest - Parent CompanyProjects
Pivnichnyy mining and processing plant - OperationAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Community: ( Number unknown - Ukraine , Mining , Gender not reported )Issues
Air pollutionResponse
Response sought: မဟုတ်
Source type: News outlet
[Summary translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]
Air pollution in Kryvyi Rih remained at "very high" level in July due to low precipitation and heat, 05 August 2021
In the first quarter of 2021, emissions of pollutants into the city's air remained at the level of the same period last year and totalled 56.26 thousand tonnes. At the same time, in the first quarter of 2021, ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, Rudomine LLC, Pivdenny GOK, Tsentralny GOK, Inhulets GOK and Pivnichny GOK carried out 46 massive explosions in open pits. Air pollutant emissions from massive quarry explosions in the first quarter of 2021 reached 663 tonnes, including 575 tonnes of dust, 49 tonnes of carbon monoxide and 39 tonnes of nitrogen dioxide.