[Translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

Another Kazatomprom enterprise found to have violations with sulfuric acid, 25 November 2024

Baiken-U, a company jointly owned by Kazatomprom and the Japanese energy consortium Energy Asia Limited, was fined for violating environmental standards. The enterprise was found to have violations in handling sulfuric acid...

...In October and November, the Department of Ecology for the Kyzylorda Region conducted unscheduled inspections at Baiken-U LLP and, based on their results, fined the company for violating environmental standards.

"An internal service investigation will be conducted into the alleged spill of sulfuric acid and dumping of production waste onto the soil on the territory of Baiken-U LLP," Kazatomprom emphasized.

Regarding the video with the truck, the national company explained that the acid-contaminated soil was dumped next to a special site for the temporary storage of acidified soil. The site itself has all the title documents, it has passed the examination...