Nornickel: Russia probes new pollution at Arctic mining firm
Russian officials are investigating a mining company in the Arctic over the pumping of waste water from one of its processing plants into nearby countryside.
Norilsk Nickel said it had suspended staff involved in the violation. The pumping has now reportedly stopped.
It is a new pollution incident involving the firm, known as Nornickel.
Emergency workers are struggling to contain a huge diesel spill from a fuel depot owned by the company.
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