Pekka Perä: Talvivaara does not exceed the given emission limits

Here's an English translation to the article today from Kainuun Sanomat newspaper: http://www.kainuunsanomat.fi/Sivupohja_Talous/1194704767211/artikkeli/pera+talvivaara+ei+ole+ylittanyt+paastorajoja.html 

The mining company Talvivaara Plc’s CEO Pekka says, the company has not exceeded the prescribed emission limit values​​.

  

According to the Perä  there is no set emission limit values for sulfate concentrations,, which the company should follow.

- For most of the mined substances there is not set limits. There are the estimates which have been exceeded, but the estimates are not permit limits, Perä says the STT.

Talvivaara’s waste-water treatment has left people to leave investigative requests. The police have been asked to investigate, has the company been braking the given rules and environmental regulations, by running the wastewaters to the nearby lakes.

The lakes nearby the minery have been measured and found to have increased emission rates. According to Helsingin Sanomat, Talvivaara’s sulfate emissions are many times over the given limits.

- We are still, and we want to be environmentally efficient mining pioneers, Perä says.

Talvivaara pre-tax profit for the July-September, was 4.3 million euros negative. According to the the interim report published on Wednesday, problems at the metals recovery plant hampered the production.