The Ministry of the Environment cancelled the environmental permission and closed down the company Metales Antillanos, that had been operating in the La Isabela Industrial Zone in Villa Mella, in northern Santo Domingo.
The company collected, transported, treated and processed iron metal (scrap) for export.
The Ministry said that the company’s operation permission, issued on 31 March 2015, was cancelled when it ignored a ruling to stop dismantling boats in an environmentally reckless manner, according to the Ministry. The company did not comply with the Ministry’s directive to fully isolate the metal scrapping and treatment operations.
According to the Ministry of Environment, Metales Antillanos was dismantling boats in a non-waterproof ditch, leaving potentially toxic residues to potentially contaminate the environment.
The president of Metales Antillanos called the closing order unilateral and arbitrary.
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El Nacional
Al Momento
15 February 2017
