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Farmers in Zambia filed a lawsuit of $ 80 billion (£ 58.5 billion) against two Chinese firms, blaming them in an “ecological catastrophe” caused by a platinum collapse.
In February, a million liters of high -kick materials that spilled into the waterways, which led to “mass deaths” among the fish, forcing water inviolable and destroying the yields, the farmers in court work.
It is one of the largest environmental lawsuits in the history of Zambia, and farmers say the spill affects about 300,000 households in the copper mining region.
The US Embassy issued a warning warning in August, causing concern about “widespread water and soil pollution” in the area.
In the lawsuit, the villagers, who are mostly farmers, against Chinese metals the Zambia and NFC Africa, which are the subsidiaries of Chinese state -owned firms.
The group of 176 of them submitted documents on behalf of its community in the Supreme Court in the Zambia capital Lusak.
They claimed that the back dam collapsed – owned by Sino Metals Leach Zambia, but located on the NFC AFRICA mining surface – was caused by numerous factors, including engineering failures, construction disadvantages and operational misconduct.
The firms have not yet commented on the lawsuit, but Sino Metals Leach Zambia has previously stated that there was a spill of about 50,000 cubic meters.
“The release of the tail and the violation was immediately controlled within hours of detection,” the firm said on September 3.
In the court newspapers, farmers said that they had learned that the water was very toxic only a few days after the tails had fallen apart.
This reports that this is the health of society, and people report different symptoms of disease, including blood in the urine and tightness of the chest.
Most villages dug wells, but even they were contaminated, and the crops had to be burned because they were dangerous to consume, they said.
They demanded that both firms invest $ 80 billion in the account of the Zambian government, such as “security”, among others, “environmental reparation” and “complete compensation”.
An emergency fund of $ 20 million should also be created to provide “immediate and immediate” assistance to people affected by the disaster and conduct careful healthcare estimates and the environment, the applicants said.
Last month, the US Embassy said she ordered immediately to abandon her staff from the whale – the largest city in the Copperbelt region – and the nearby areas after expressing concern that “contaminated water and soil from spilled tails could also be threatened.”
In response, the press -secretary of the Zambian Government Cornelius Mwieth said there were no more serious consequences for public health, and today “no need to press the” panic “to disturb the nation and the international community.”
