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[NGO Study] ArcelorMittal: Going nowhere slowly. A review of the global steel giant's environmental and social impacts in 2008-2009.
(May 12, 2009)
![The city of Zenica suffers from very heavy air pollution from ArcelorMittal’s steel plant. [Photo by Adnan Dzonlic]](http://aa.ecn.cz/img_upload/8b4cb37fba47da1c76cf3e44aa940cd2/ArcMitt_Zenica_small_2.png) The city of Zenica suffers from very heavy air pollution from ArcelorMittal’s steel plant. [Photo by Adnan Dzonlic] |
The new report “ArcelorMittal – Going Nowhere Slowly: A review of the global steel giant's environmental and social impacts in 2008-2009” reviews the company’s environmental and social impacts during the year since the coalition published its first report on the company in May 2008.
The new report includes case studies from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, India, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Romania and South Africa. In addition to pollution problems from existing plants the report includes case studies on two new planned investments. ArcelorMittal’s plans to build two giant steel mills in the Indian states of Orissa and Jharkand are heavily opposed by local tribal people, who would be displaced from their land. In Romania, the company is planning to participate in the controversial Cernavoda 3 and 4 nuclear reactors using Candu-6 technology, which critics such as Greenpeace claim is outdated and dangerous.
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The new report includes case studies from Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Czech Republic, India, Kazakhstan, Liberia, Romania and South Africa. In addition to pollution problems from existing plants the report includes case studies on two new planned investments. ArcelorMittal’s plans to build two giant steel mills in the Indian states of Orissa and Jharkand are heavily opposed by local tribal people, who would be displaced from their land. In Romania, the company is planning to participate in the controversial Cernavoda 3 and 4 nuclear reactors using Candu-6 technology, which critics such as Greenpeace claim is outdated and dangerous.
Flip through the study in our quick preview below or download a pdf version here.
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