Zambia’s Chambishi Smelter to Reopen, Environment Regulator Says
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Zambia’s environmental regulator gave a copper smelter owned by China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co. approval to restart operations after ordering it stop almost a week ago because of pollution.
Sulfur-dioxide emissions from the Chambishi Copper Smelter, located 310 kilometers (193 miles) north of Lusaka, the capital, may have caused damage to crops in the area, and the plant has since implemented measures to curb these, the Zambia Environmental Management Agency said today in a statement. The regulator told the company to halt the smelter on Feb. 11.