‘Green goo’ revealed toxic leak at WV zinc plant
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- ‘Green goo’ revealed toxic leak at WV zinc plant
- IFM raises R284m sees end to ferrochrome destocking
- Plan to convert former fertilizer plant into new development in works
‘Green goo’ revealed toxic leak at WV zinc plant
The Associated Press
— For at least five years before Rebecca Morlock noticed what she calls “a green goo” seeping out of the ground below a former zinc-smelting plant in the town of Spelter water loaded with potentially toxic heavy metals was trickling into the West Fork River. State environmental inspectors didn’t spot it even though they’re required to walk the site twice a year. Neither did the engineering firm hired by DuPont to inspect the site monthly to ensure toxic waste remains sealed under a layer of earth and plastic. “How this missed us is to this point a mystery” says Ron Potesta president of Potesta & Associates. “I wish we had found it ourselves.
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IFM raises R284m sees end to ferrochrome destocking
Creamer Media's Mining Weekly
n the seeming end to the destocking cycle he added: “We’re either there or we’re almost there. IFM issued 504m shares at 44p representing 999% of the company primarily to fund the building of a clean development mechanism (CDM)-compliant electricity cogeneration plant at its Buffelsfontein operation in Rustenburg where Eskom restricted power use to 90%. Total capital of R255-million will be required to build the new cogeneration power plant and to fill that 10% power gap. “We’ve already spent about R60-million and there’s another R195-million to go” Kovarsky told Mining Weekly nline. IFM terminated its mining contract towards the end of last year: “We’re in the process of employing a new mining contractor and we’re going to spend about R85-million in the next two years on getting the mine into shape” Kovarsky added. The company last month announced that it had secured R500-million in working capital from China Bank which with its cash reserves would allow the restart and development of the mine. The CDM-compliant plant Kovarsky said would generate 137 MW which was about 11% of IFM’s overall electricity requirements.
Plan to convert former fertilizer plant into new development in works
News Chief
Highway 17 South in Winter Haven is scheduled to be removed for a new development. Friday July 31 2009By.
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