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"NorNickel" Company Acknowledged that Daldikan River Got Red Because of Its Flows

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On 6 September photos were published in the mass media, where a bright red liquid was flowing in Daldikan River, Russia.
The Daldikan River is flowing in the industrial region, Norilsk, Russia, where “Nadezhda” metallurgical combine is located owned by one of the largest mining companies in the world – “Nornickel”.
The locals have beaten an alarm signal on the river state to the Natural Resources and Ecology Ministry of Russian Federation and submitted photos. The residents blamed “Nornickel” company for the pollution of the river. The Natural Resources and Ecology Ministry of Russian Federation has initiated an investigation to find out the situation.
 
The company itself refuted the relation of the factory to the making the river red by 12 September. Nevertheless, on 12 September it disseminated an official press release confessing about the emissions from the factory pipeline. The company press release says:

www.norlik.ru

ABNORMAL RAINS BECAME THE REASON FOR DALDYKAN RIVER CASE

 September 12, 2016

In response to the reports made by local media on September 6th regarding changes in coloration of the Daldykan river, situated in Norilsk Industrial area, Nornickel declares:

Nornickel has investigated the reasons for temporary color change of Daldykan river located in Norilsk Industrial area. The investigation results:

In 2015-2016 the Company modernized tailings dam and tailings pipeline of hydrometallurgical shop of Nadezhda Metallurgical Plant (NMP). In the beginning of September fitting and assembling of the last section of pipeline was at the final stage. Before a pipe tie-in the standard work procedure requires to drain the whole pipeline with discharge of wash water into tailings dam. Cut-off dikes are in tie-in areas to prevent spreading of residual wash water. On the 5th of September after abnormal heavy rain (the area received approximately 50 percent of monthly average precipitation in rainfall in the course of 24 hours) the overflow of one of the dikes occurred, and water entered Daldykan river.

Short-term river color staining with iron salts presents no hazards for people and river fauna.
The Company undertakes all necessary actions to assess the areas with the biggest historical pollution and eliminate effects of the old tailings pipeline operation by sanitary stripping of the ground. Nornickel will put the most efforts to avoid such incidents in future.

Photos are taken from www.iwgia.org web site

September 13, 2016 at 16:46

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