China News Service, September 17th. According to the official WeChat news of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the second round of the fourth batch of the central ecological environmental protection inspection team went deep into the front line and on-site, and verified a number of prominent ecological and environmental problems, and verified a number of inactions and inactions. Act slowly, do not take responsibility, do not hit hard, and even deal with formalism and bureaucracy issues such as perfunctory and falsification.
The Central Ecological and Environmental Protection Inspectors collectively notified the second batch of 7 typical cases.
Among them, the Dongfang Company, a subsidiary of China Nonferrous Metals Group, illegally disposes of hazardous waste and constructs and produces illegally and illegally.
The specific notification is as follows:
In September 2021, the Central Sixth Ecological Environmental Protection Supervision Group inspected China Nonferrous Mining Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Nonferrous Metals Group) and found that its subsidiary, China Nonferrous Metals (Ningxia) Oriental Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Oriental Company), was responsible for environmental protection Failure to implement, illegal disposal of hazardous waste, and construction and production in violation of laws and regulations.
basic situation
Dongfang Company is located in Shizuishan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. It is a secondary enterprise of China Nonferrous Metals Group. It has jurisdiction over Ningxia Dongfang Tantalum Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tantalum Industry Company), Ningxia Zhongmei New Materials Co., Ltd. CNMC Jinhui New Energy Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Jinhui Company) and other 5 subsidiaries and special materials branch (hereinafter referred to as Special Materials Company) and other two branches, mainly engaged in the production and processing of rare metals such as tantalum, niobium, and titanium, etc. .
main problem
(1) Illegal disposal of hazardous waste
The waste packaging barrels of methyl isobutyl ketone produced in the production of Tantalum Company, a subsidiary of Dongfang Company, belong to hazardous waste.
The inspector found that Tantalum Company illegally sold about 4,500 methyl isobutyl ketone waste packaging barrels generated from 2017 to 2019 as ordinary scrap iron in three batches to Yafeng waste materials in Shizuishan City, which is not qualified for hazardous waste disposal. Recycling Co., Ltd. recycles.
In order to conceal its illegal disposal of hazardous waste, Tantalum Company forged the packaging barrel recycling agreement signed with the raw material supplier Nanjing Zhuocheng Petrochemical Co., Ltd. (1 copy each year from 2016 to 2020) and "Ningxia Oriental Tantalum Industry Co., Ltd. Hazardous Waste Handover Confirmation Ledger (Methyl Isobutyl Ketone Packaging Barrel)” (2016 to 2020), and forged the signatures of the employees of the original company’s safety production department, trying to make the hazardous waste handover confirmation account more " Realistic", the nature is very bad.
Tantalum Company's fake methyl isobutyl ketone packaging barrel recycling agreement (5 copies from 2016 to 2020)
Tantalum Industry Company randomly piled up most of the waste packaging barrels of methyl isobutyl ketone produced since 2020 in the factory area without promptly disposing of them.
The inspector's preliminary investigation found that there were more than 1,200 waste packaging barrels in the open space in the woods and bicycle sheds on the west side of the plant without safety measures such as seepage prevention, which did not meet the requirements of the "Hazardous Waste Storage Pollution Control Standard".
The company did not transfer the waste packaging barrels to the qualified Ningxia Ningdong Qingda Guohua Environmental Resources Co., Ltd. for disposal until the eve of the inspection.
On-site inspection in June 2021 found that a large number of waste packaging barrels of methyl isobutyl ketone from Tantalum Company were stacked in the open air in the open space in the forest on the west side of the plant without safety measures such as anti-seepage.
(2) Construction and production in violation of laws and regulations
In August 2008, Tantalum Co., Ltd. started construction of two production lines of high-purity niobium oxide (30 tons/year) and high-purity tantalum oxide (15 tons/year) without the approval of the environmental review, and they were completed and put into operation in November 2009. Illegal production until now.
In January 2010, Jinhui Company started construction without EIA approval and completed and put into use in December of that year, a total of 6 nickel-cobalt-manganese lithium production line reactors; in April 2011, re-installation of reactors 1-6 After the environmental assessment procedures, in January 2012, without the approval of the environmental assessment, construction was started without authorization and a total of 6 nickel cobalt lithium manganate production line reactors were completed and put into use in January 2015. The environmental assessment will not be reissued until September 2020. formalities.
In November 2019 and August 2020, Special Materials Co., Ltd. successively changed the technology of 3 36-meter pre-reduction furnaces (pushing slab kiln) to two 42-meter pre-reduction furnaces (pushing slab kiln) without the approval of the environmental review. It was completed and put into production in January and September of 2010, and the environmental assessment procedures will not be completed until May 2021.
The high-purity niobium oxide production line and high-purity tantalum oxide production line built by Tantalum Company without approval, the reaction kettle of the nickel-cobalt lithium manganate production line built by Jinhui Company without approval, and the 42-meter pre-reduction furnace built by Special Materials Company without approval ( Push plate kiln)
(3) Lack of corporate management responsibility
The inspectors found that the subsidiaries of Dongfang Company generally failed to implement environmental management responsibilities, neglected the management and protection of pollution control facilities, and even dealt with the inspection perfunctorily.
The area of the crushing and screening section of the special materials company's packaging finished product workshop is very dusty, and the problem of unorganized dust emission is prominent.
The soft connection of the closed pipeline between the reduction reaction kettle and the lye spray tower of the Powder Branch of the New Materials Company was completely damaged, and the exhaust gas was directly discharged without treatment.
The two documents "Powder Branch Plant Equipment Operation Inspection Record" and "Equipment Operation and Maintenance Record" on the company's computer were created on the eve of the inspector’s arrival in August 2021, and then printed and sent to the team for filling, but the operation and maintenance personnel filled in However, the equipment inspection and maintenance records between January and September 2021 showed obvious fraud.
On-site inspection in June 2021 revealed that the unorganized dust emission of the packaging workshop of Special Materials Company was prominent, and the ground area was severely dusty (left picture); the soft connection of the closed pipeline of the powder branch of the New Material Company was completely damaged, and the exhaust gas was directly discharged without treatment ( (Right picture)
In August 2021, the on-site inspection of the inspection team found that the new material company's inspection record was created in August, but the date was filled in before August. Forged equipment inspection and maintenance records
Cause Analysis
Dongfang Company's environmental protection awareness is not strong, and it is ineffective in fulfilling the main responsibility of environmental protection.
The China Nonferrous Metals Group has not adequately supervised and inspected the environmental issues of Dongfang Company, and has not fulfilled its group management responsibilities.
The inspection team will further investigate and verify the relevant situation, and do follow-up inspection work as required.