Strike-Hit Gold Mine Spills Polluted Water into River

A gold and copper mining company, RMG, which is facing a large-scale strike of workers and uncertainty over its operations at one of the gold deposits, said on February 27 that “certain amount” of polluted water was spilled into Kazretula river.
The company blamed the spill on ongoing strike of workers, which, RMG said, disrupted operations in its plant in Kazreti, a small town about 80 kilometers southwest from Tbilisi.
“As shutdown of enterprise’s operations is directly linked with negative impact on environment, an unfortunate incident has taken place. In particular, overfilling of storage caused spill of certain amount of contaminated water into the river of Kazretula,” RMG said in a statement.
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