EPA Faces Criticism over BHP Mt Arthur Pollution Case

Australian Mining reported that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has been questioned for its failure to publicly reveal full details of a pollution case with BHP.

As quoted in the market news

Last year the EPA launched proceedings against BHP in relation to blasting at the Mt Arthur coal mine on 19 February 2014 which resulted in plumes of orange smoke, thought to contain poisonous nitrogen dioxide, over the Muswellbrook industrial complex.

The pollution was caused by blasting charges which had been left in the ground nine days longer than the manufacturer’s specifications.

 Click here for the full Australian Mining report