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Kalgoorlie miner fined over sulphur dioxide levels

Posted By Walter Schneider On April 19, 2007 @ 9:30 am In Fines & Penalties, Emission Incidents & Issues, Sulphur-Dioxide | No Comments

ABC News Online [Australia]

Mining company Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines has been fined $25,000 by the Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC) for a breach of its operating licence nearly two years ago.

The penalty was issued over an incident in May 2005, when sulphur dioxide above permitted levels from the company’s Gidji roaster was detected at Coolgardie, about 30 kilometres away in south-east Western Australia….([1] Full Story — off-site)

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