MOSCOW: A Russian mining giant behind an enormous Arctic fuel spill last month said on Sunday (Jun 28) it had suspended workers at a metals plant ...
Employees of Russia's state-owned oil pipeline monopoly Transneft take part in the clean-up operation after the massive fuel spill in the Ambarnaya River. MOSCOW: A Russian mining giant behind an enormous Arctic fuel spill last month said on Sunday it had suspended workers at a metals plant who were responsible for pumping wastewater into nearby tundra.
More than 21,000 tonnes of diesel leaked from a fuel storage tank at one of the company's subsidiary plants near Norilsk. The fuel seeped into the soil and dyed nearby waterways bright red. The journalists claimed the factory deliberately funnelled the wastewater into wildlife areas and hastily removed their pipes when investigators and emergency services arrived on the scene.The Investigative Committee, which probes serious crimes, said it had received reports of"unauthorised dumping of liquid waste into the tundra" on the site of the facility, and had opened an enquiry.
The local emergency services in a statement said the wastewater was not likely to reach the nearby Kharayelakh river.
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