Bauxite miner Bosai will be fined approximately $1 million for a spill from the company’s tailings pond that occurred on Thursday morning, affecting the environment and residents in the Linden community of Noitgedacht, and has also been ordered to halt the discharge of waste into the pond.
This was disclosed by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Executive Director Dr Vincent Adams when he and a team visited Bosai’s Linden operations yesterday. The EPA team inspected the tailings pond where the breach occurred, the Kara Kara River into which the discharge flowed, and also met with affected residents of Noitgedacht. Some EPA employees had also assessed the situation on Thursday.
Following the visits, Bosai and EPA officials met to discuss several “technical matters.” This is the second time that the Chinese company has been slapped with a fine from the EPA in less than a month.
