China pollution regulators slam metals giant Minmetals for violations
摘要
日期: 2017年8月1日
地点: 中国
企业
China Minmetals - Parent Company项目
China Minmetals Zinc Mine(s) in China (Mine Name Unknown) - Unknown受影响的
受影响的总人数: 数字未知
Ecosystem: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported ) , 小区: ( 数字未知 - 地点未知 - 未知行业 , Gender not reported )议题
Water pollution回应
Response sought: 否
信息来源: Regulatory action
"China pollution regulators slam metals giant Minmetals for violations", 1 August 2017
Chinese inspectors have accused subsidiaries of state-owned China Minmetals Group of repeatedly violating pollution rules in the major rice-growing province of Hunan, part of a drive by Beijing to force corporate offenders to toe the line. In an audit published by the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) on Monday, the inspectors said nonferrous metals producers in Hunan had failed to address a series of violations. Most were units of Minmetals, one of the country’s biggest mining and metals trading firms, the audit said...Environmental campaigners welcomed the MEP audit as significant step...In many regions, wastewater runoffs from mines are used directly to irrigate farmland and its main river, the Xiang, is one of China’s most polluted...