Mopani Copper Mines Chef Services Officer Moses Chilangwa has said that the Sulphur Dioxide emissions people of Mufulira have been subjected to will soon stop .
Mr. Chilangwa sid that Mopani has invested 2.3 trillion Kwacha to upgrade the smelter and stop the emission of Sulphur Dioxide.
He said this in a message delivered on his behalf by Corporate Affairs manager Oscar Matebele in Mufulira on Friday.
Mr. Chilangwa says initially the project was supposed to be completed by 2015 but due to its importance to the community the company has moved at a faster pace and is ahead of schedule by 18 Months.
He says the works on the improvement of the smelter are now scheduled to be completed by December 2013.
ZNBC
Sulphur dioxide is dangerous. I bet 2013 is even too far. Viva environmental protection.
Oh yeah. This is important. But December 2013 is not soon, is it? They should have just said they have started working on improving the smelter to stop releasing the fumes.
Kakoyo pipo u are saved,, howevere millions have dead alread,,, i wish u did 10years ago my bro could have been there till now..
The siren could be heard from across the little mining town. That would signal we had to head indoors from wherever we were before the thick, cloying smell of sulphur oxide would darken the world around us. It was a daily routine embedded in every household and to us children seemed perfectly normal. It shouldn’t have been. It shouldn’t be now. Ex-Luanshya.
@ Chozi – sorry for your loss.
Read here.
Sulfur dioxide is a poisonous gas with a pungent, irritating smell, that is released by volcano and in various industrial processes [mining in Zambia e.g. Mopani.]
Sulfur dioxide is a major air pollutant and has significant impacts upon human health. In addition the concentration of sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere can influence the habitat suitability for plant communities as well as animal life. Sulfur dioxide emissions are a precursor to acid rain and atmospheric particulates. Inhaling sulfur dioxide is associated with increased respiratory symptoms and disease, difficulty in breathing, and premature death.
Mopani should now be  sued. Those fumes should have been seen as dangerous long before the moment they were released. But Mufulirrans endured the danger and had to fight for Mopani to admit to realising poison on them. Putting profit before human life  makes  capitalism a mass murderer as bad as George Bush killing Iraqis for their oil fields.Â
Mopani should now be  sued. Those fumes should have been seen as dangerous long before the moment they were released. But Mufulirans endured the danger and had to fight for Mopani to admit to releasing poison on them. Putting profit before human life  makes  capitalism a mass murderer as bad as George Bush killing Iraqis for their oil fields.
Improving smelter…omg…how about compensating people for starters…if this was in the States people would rushing to the clinic for chest complaints with their lawyers.
Wake up people!!
AFTER HOW MANY DECADES OF PROMPTING THE COMPANY?????
MAIN REASON I USED to give the Miner’s time off whenever they came to the clinics with Respiratory complaints!! As Medics, Management would always send memos reminding us that we were giving too much time off to the miners! Good for the miners & their poor families that have ALWAYS LIVED DOWN-WIND TO THE SMELTER!
TOUGH WORKING CONDITIONS UNDERGROUND, only to be subjected to HORRID AIR POLLUTION WHEN THEY RE-SURFACE & TRY TO REST AT HOME WITH THEIR FAMILIES!!!
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