International Steel Mills
September 26, 2016
Fish Killing Steel Plant Pledges $500 Million
Written by Sandy Williams
The Chinese steel industry is often in the news for contributing to severe air pollution but now a Taiwanese-owned steel mill in Vietnam is accused of polluting the ocean and causing a mass fish death.
Toxic discharge from Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Corp, a subsidiary of Taiwan’s Formosa Plastics, is responsible for killing an estimated 115 tonnes of fish that washed ashore on Vietnam’s central coastline in April. Waste water from the mill containing cyanide and carbolic acids was released into the sea, devastating the Vietnamese fishing industry in four provinces and disrupting daily life and tourism.
