AMSA agrees to pay R3.64m fine for exceeding hydrogen sulphide limits

JSE-listed ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has agreed to pay a R3.64-million fine to the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries as a settlement for transgressions of the Atmospheric Emissions Licence at its Vanderbijlpark operations during 2016. AMSA in June last year reported that it had received a summons notifying it of criminal proceedings related to it having exceeded hydrogen sulphide (H2S) minimum emissions standards at the coke making plant at the Vanderbijlpark operations  for the period January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2016.

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