Expert says lab results from PNG Ramu nickel spill 'alarming': report
摘要
日期: 2020年6月16日
地點: 巴布亞紐幾內亞
企業
Ramu Nickel Cobalt Project (joint venture between MCC, Mineral Resources Development Company and Nickel 28 Capital) - Parent Company項目
Ramu Nickel-Cobalt - Unknown受影響的
受影響的總人數: 數字未知
社區: ( 數字未知 - 地點未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )議題
影響評估 , Water pollution , Violation of environmental safety standards , Clean, Healthy & Sustainable Environment回應
Response sought: 否
資訊來源: News outlet
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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