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5 Jul 2020

Author:
Melanie Burton, Min Zhang & Christian Schmollinger, Reuters

Expert says lab results from PNG Ramu nickel spill 'alarming': report

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11 October 2019

An expert in chemical contamination has called test results from the Ramu nickel spill into Papua New Guinea's Basamuk Bay in August "alarming," according to a local media report [...].

A spill at Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC)'s nickel processing plant located in Madang, on the country's northeastern coast, caused the surrounding ocean to turn red and left a muddy residue on the rocky shoreline, according to locals and photographs of the incident at the time.

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Environmental remediation expert Alex Mojon took samples from the bay [...].

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"I have to tell you that it's alarming ... there is evidence that Ramu Nico is not managing their waste and that is a fact. I have obtained the results from the laboratory from Germany ... I am shocked," Mojon told local media, according to EMTV Online.

All of the 28 samples tested were found to have toxic levels of heavy metals contamination [...].

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