EURASIA NET reported that ArcelorMittal Temirtau is facing a multi-million dollar fine as Kazakh officials intensify demands for modernization in the wake of yet more fatalities at miners. Kazakhstan’s President Mr Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has leveled fresh criticism at the company, noting that it had racked up over 100 deaths since 2006. Mr Tokayev raged “Notwithstanding multiple warnings and addresses from the state organs, the situation isn’t getting any better.” The November 3 mine explosion that left five miners dead in the city of Shakhtinsk has once again called into question safety and environmental compliance at the company’s operations Environment Minister Serikkali Brekeshev paid a visit to the town of Temirtau, where the steelworks is based, and told residents that the company will be fined something in the region of USD 13 million pending the decision of a court after gross violations of environmental legislation were revealed in an inspection by authorities. The violations included an excess of maximum permissible emissions, inefficient operation of treatment facilities, lack of permits According to official data, emissions in Temirtau, a city of around 200,000 people, account for around 8 percent of Kazakhstan’s total, and nearly all of that burden originates from the steelworks.
EURASIA NET reported that ArcelorMittal Temirtau is facing a multi-million dollar fine as Kazakh officials intensify demands for modernization in the wake of yet more fatalities at miners. Kazakhstan’s President Mr Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has leveled fresh criticism at the company, noting that it had racked up over 100 deaths since 2006. Mr Tokayev raged “Notwithstanding multiple warnings and addresses from the state organs, the situation isn’t getting any better.” The November 3 mine explosion that left five miners dead in the city of Shakhtinsk has once again called into question safety and environmental compliance at the company’s operations Environment Minister Serikkali Brekeshev paid a visit to the town of Temirtau, where the steelworks is based, and told residents that the company will be fined something in the region of USD 13 million pending the decision of a court after gross violations of environmental legislation were revealed in an inspection by authorities. The violations included an excess of maximum permissible emissions, inefficient operation of treatment facilities, lack of permits According to official data, emissions in Temirtau, a city of around 200,000 people, account for around 8 percent of Kazakhstan’s total, and nearly all of that burden originates from the steelworks.
