New Zealand threatens to sue Rio Tinto after floods threatened toxic waste
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Z9P6)
Minister says he has 'had enough' of company's failure to deal with waste dump that was almost breached by South Island floods
New Zealand's environment minister has threatened the mining conglomerate Rio Tinto with legal action over what he says is an "outrageous" failure to deal with toxic waste from an aluminium plant.
Recent South Island floods - in which the waste's storage facility was nearly inundated, bringing ecological and human tragedy - have infuriated locals in Mataura, where 10,000 tonnes of "ouvea premix" resides.
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