[Translation prepared by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

The Prosecutor General's Office has approved the inspection of Kazzinc in connection with the unfavorable environmental situation in Ust-Kamenogorsk, 8 January 2025

The Prosecutor General's Office has approved the inspection of Kazzinc LLC in connection with the unfavorable environmental situation in Ust-Kamenogorsk...

Regarding the unfavorable environmental situation in Ust-Kamenogorsk (in the period from November 23 to December 1, 2024), the Prosecutor General's Office has approved an inspection of the activities of the Ust-Kamenogorsk Metallurgical Complex of Kazzinc LLC...

Earlier, deputies of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan reported that 400 thousand people in Ust-Kamenogorsk live in unfavorable environmental conditions with a negative impact on public health.

... Kazhydromet sensors have established that the maximum permissible one-time concentration of hydrogen chloride has been exceeded by nine times. Local authorities have decided to transfer 53,042 schoolchildren to distance learning," the senators said in their request. According to them, the largest enterprises in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, namely: UK MK TOO Kazzinc, UK TMK, UK TPP, Sogrinskaya TPP account for about 47,000 tons per year or 29% of all emissions...