Gok Tominsky where. Notifications. RCC is considering how to change public opinion

Tominsky GOK is spoken about in Lately all, but few, at the same time, can at least clearly explain where he is. Therefore, the main thing that we tried to understand during the public hearings that took place on July 21, what is this Tominsky GOK. And here's the picture we have.

Tominskoe porphyry copper ore deposit in Chelyabinsk region is one of the largest copper deposits in Russia. It is included in the list of the 50 largest copper deposits in the world. In 2003, the license for its development was acquired by Russkaya copper company"(RMK).

Among the most famous enterprises in Chelyabinsk, which are part of the RMK, are Karabashmed and the Kyshtym Copper Electrolyte Plant.

In 2013, RCC implemented a project similar to the Tominsky GOK at the Mikheevsky GOK (Varnensky district). The project was implemented without any scandals, although, according to observers, this is due to the significant remoteness of the facility (about 250 km from Chelyabinsk).

Everything is different with Tominsky GOK.

Location

The field is located in the south-west of Chelyabinsk in the Sosnovsky District. It is just 20 km from the city and 10 km from the Shershnevsky reservoir.

Only 20 km from Chelyabinsk and 10 km from the Shershnevsky reservoir

According to the "wind rose" in Chelyabinsk prevail: southern, southwestern and northwestern winds. It is from here that the main air masses... And that is why this direction is often called the "lungs of Chelyabinsk".

It is no coincidence that it is in this direction that Chelyabinsk is developing most actively. Here in the west and north-west, in the vicinity of the Hornets, the most ambitious construction projects are being implemented recent years, some of which have already gone beyond the borders of Chelyabinsk to the Sosnovsky District.

Experts have repeatedly expressed the opinion that in the case of the construction of the Tominsky GOK, the price of real estate and land in the most popular and expensive areas of Chelyabinsk today will drop sharply.

What will it be

Two huge careers(Tominsky and Kalinovsky), concentration plant and hydrometallurgical production, tailing dump (waste storage).

Tominsky quarry - planned depth of 540 meters.
Kalinovsky quarry - the planned depth is 300-350 meters.
Dumps up to one hundred meters high.

For comparison:

Korkinsky section - depth of about 520 meters;
Chelyabinsk-CITY - height 111 meters (including the spire);
Ostankino TV tower - height 540 meters.

Tailing dump(waste storage) - total volume 482 million cubic meters (m3).

In this case, the waste (tailings) are planned to be filled with water. It is assumed that it will come from Lake Sineglazovo and adjacent water bodies.

The volume of the nearby Lake Sineglazovo, according to Wikipedia, is 33 million m3.
The volume of the Shershnevsky reservoir is 160 million m3.
The size of the tailing dump according to ecologists (representatives of the RMK did not refute these data) are comparable to the site covering Sverdlovsky Prospekt, Komsomolsky Prospekt and ul. Chicherin.

Main environmental risks

Dust from dumps of quarries and industries.

According to RCC, the planned regular irrigation of the dumps will avoid significant environmental pollution. The additional volume of pollution (to the existing one in Chelyabinsk) is estimated by RCC at 2.3%.

Wastewater and pollution of the environment with waste stored in the tailing dump.

According to RCC:

The company will experience a water shortage, so it is not interested in the outflow of water from the tailing dump (in our opinion, this is not an argument).
The level of the tailing dump is below the level of the Hornets, therefore, the outflow of toxic waste into the reservoir is excluded.
RCC refers to an examination carried out by SUSU, which allegedly found that groundwater pollution was excluded.

When asked why the storage of waste in solid form is not provided, the representative of RCC replied that this approach is economically inexpedient (read: is it cheaper to store waste in a huge pool?)

Risk of tailings dam breakthrough and emergencies

According to RCC, the risk is negligible, and even in this case, liquid waste will flow in the opposite direction to the Hornets.

Regular explosions in the development of quarries and their possible consequences for nearby areas, including the Korkinsky open-cut mine.

RCC refers to research by the research institute, according to which the development of open-pit mines will not have an impact on the Korkinsky open-pit mine.

Dumps and their subsequent impact on environment

According to the representatives of RCC, the dumps will be regularly reclaimed (in fact, planted with greenery), turning over time into "natural" hills.

And what about the authorities?

But nothing. Governor Dubrovsky lamented that the RMK needs to learn to negotiate with people. It seems that the regional administration has distanced itself from the problem of the GOK and is waiting for who will talk to whom ... The position, in our opinion, is bad. Judging by the scale of the project (and the scale of possible troubles), the Tominsky GOK project should arouse increased (if not primary) attention in the authorities. After all, if “something goes wrong,” the problem will not even be regional, but Russian. It is simply dangerous to leave this at the mercy of regional officials, public organizations and business.

After writing this article, the news came:". Well, all that remains is to wait for the results.

Environmental requirements

If you get away from verbal skirmishes and put aside (for a while) direct demand to stop the development of the Tominsky GOK project, the most logical public demands are as follows:

Transfer of public hearings to Chelyabinsk- RMK uses the location of the field in the Sosnovsky region for holding hearings in the village of Dolgoderevenskoye (resolution of the head of the region V. Kotov). At the same time, it is obvious to the majority that the GOK will have an impact on Chelyabinsk and Korkino, so the requirement to bring the issue to the broader public looks, at least, logical.

Throughout the event, the audience shouted several times:
“Why are you holding hearings in Dolgoderevensky? Organize them in the Traktor Arena.

It is obvious, however, that the transfer of public hearings to Chelyabinsk may further weaken the position of RCC. The Sosnovsky District is gradually becoming part of the Chelyabinsk urban agglomeration. It is here that the largest projects for the construction of affordable housing are being implemented (the nearby residential complexes Bely Khutor, Zalesye, Prostory, Geneva), and it is here that the most popular areas for low-rise construction are located (Malinovka, Zapadny, Sargazy, Sineglazovo other).

In the meantime, RMK is trying to limit the discussion of the GOK problem to the Sosnovsky District. No matter how many company representatives talk about the information posted (and they published a whole (!) Point of acquaintance with the project in Chelyabinsk in Rossiyskaya Gazeta), the situation most of all resembles a scene from the famous book by Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

However, Mr. Dent, the route was posted publicly at the local planning office and hung there for nine months.
- Yeah, as soon as I found out, I immediately rushed straight to the bureau. It was yesterday afternoon. You haven't bothered much with warnings, have you? I mean, not a word to anyone, not a soul, right?
- But the route was made public for ...
- Is it made public? In the end, I had to go down to the basement to find him!
- That's right, we have the information department there.
- With a flashlight!
- Probably, there was no light.
- And the stairs too!
“But listen, you've found a plan!
- Yes, - said Arthur, - I found it. At the bottom of a locked closet in a boarded-up closet. And on the door there was a sign: "Caution, leopard!"

Free familiarization with the GOK project and independent expertise.

According to representatives of the public, (and none of the representatives of the RMK denied this), only 30 days were given to familiarize themselves with the project (more than 80 volumes). At the same time, the time and place of reading were limited (working hours on weekdays), copying of the project materials was prohibited (!).

Here, RCC's position is at least weak.

Firstly, a company that claims to be ready to cooperate with the public and allows one to get acquainted with the project materials only during working hours without the possibility of copying or photographing anything (trade secret?) Looks strange.

More than 80 volumes of the Tominsky GOK project were to be studied by the public within 30 days. During working hours and without the right to copy documents

Secondly, during all the hearings there was not a single speech by representatives of the very research institutes that supposedly guarantee the safety of the GOK. The interests of RCC, in fact, were defended exclusively by the deputy director of the company, Natalia Gonchar. And although this one spoke beautiful woman convincingly and, as the saying goes, "held the blow" - why on earth should those present to believe "an employee on a salary" is unclear.

Thirdly, we "overheard" most of the data for this article at public hearings or from the websites of environmental organizations. On the site of RMK GOK there are "one and a half" pages, and last news dated last fall. All this looks frivolous against the background of the scale of the project.

One of the few defenders of RMK, the head of the Varna district (it was there that RMK built the Mikheevsky GOK), speaking in defense of the GOK, said:

When it came to the construction of the Mikheevsky GOK, a commission of a biology teacher, an ecologist and a physician was assembled in the Varna district and sent to similar enterprises. We looked at the life expectancy, morbidity ... Do crucians live in lakes? And the members of the commission saw that where there are similar enterprises, the life expectancy is the same, there are no diseases ...

And with crucian carp, apparently, everything is OK. But for some reason, it seems to us that with the help of such arguments, the RMK will not be able to convince the population of a million-strong city and several adjacent districts that it is advisable to create a quarry “close by”, in which the Ostankino TV tower can be placed, and waste storage facilities the size of the Shershnevskoye reservoir.

The representative of the RMK tried to be convincing, but very few people were convinced

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D Ruzi-Chelyabinsk residents yesterday asked me to write something about the Tominsky ore mining and processing plant in Chelyabinsk. The topic from LJ has already disappeared, there were several paid posts, but Chelyabinsk residents, as you can see, are still worried about it. They complain and no one cares.

Born in the homeland of metallurgy - in the Urals, I traveled a lot to small towns that were once built for the sake of mining and processing enterprises, I saw a bunch of "fox tails" that were poured from factory pipes. I have been in dead Karabash, and in Kyshtym, and in the closed Ozersk and Snezhinsk, the atmosphere of which was somewhat affected by the accident at Mayak. It's tough there. But Chelyabinsk has always been different. Sky.

When you drive up to the city, a terrible picture arises in front of you: a black sky, everything is in smoke and mud, but this, of course, is only the outskirts. In the center, everything is divine.

And so, several years ago, ex-governor Mikhail Yurevich began to cheerfully promote the project for the construction of the Tominsky GOK.

To Yurevich, if anyone does not know, Chelyabinsk residents do not feel the warmest feelings, I remember, in a bearded year, when he replaced Sumin, aunt swore that children's travel had become paid, and a number of benefits were canceled for pensioners. Considering that Yurevich and his entire large family have not a frail business in Chelyabinsk and beyond, it is not difficult to guess why it was about the GOK. It is very profitable to extract copper, although there is not so much of it there, but if you look closely at the project, "the plant will annually process 28 million tons of ore into copper concentrate." They are going to dig to a depth of 380 meters (380/30 = 12.6) - this is about 12 nine-story buildings. And now a fun fact: since 2004, not a single metro station has been built in Chelyabinsk.

Supporters of the project motivate by promising a huge number of jobs, opponents complain that the GOK will bring a lot of environmental problems.

I am more inclined towards the second side, not even because work is evil, but because I am somehow really scared for Chelyabinsk (although I don't really like it).

So, what about the ecology ?!

Firstly, around Chelyabinsk there are a bunch of villages, villages and other settlements, which, mind you, was not deprived of the radiation background after the accident at Mayak. Right there, in Korkino, coal is mined. Tominsky GOK will be located approximately here, according to ecologists, the wind rose is directed directly towards Chelyabinsk.

Secondly, n ochva:the extraction of any natural resources carries a number of problems: soil acidification, sludge air, and so on. Chelyabinsk residents complain that there is a reservoir 7 kilometers from the intended crater (on the map, right above the red mark), as well as underground springs. The result of copper mining can be perfectly seen on the example of native Karabash.

Vodicka takes on a red color, having drunk this, you will not only become a goat, but you will immediately discard the hooves.

Now let's talk about air... It is impossible to dig a quarry with a shovel to a depth of 380 meters; a hammer drill will not help here either. Only explosives, only hardcore ... There is nothing to say here, the eyes will see everything for themselves.

Although the quarry itself (without explosions) looks pretty cute (Kovdorsky GOK in the Murmansk region)

But that's not all. Copper also needs to be processed ... I don't know, maybe the plant will not be located nearby, but if not ...

Copper plant in Norilsk

These are the unpleasant prospects. I have no idea who will go to work for this quarry, if in Chelyabinsk at this time it will be impossible to drink or breathe ...

Tominsky GOK, CJSC is a Russian mining and processing plant based on the Tominskoye deposit. The start of the project implementation in 2009, the expected start of the plant's work - 2017.

Tominsky GOK is another RMK project in the South Urals

Tominskoe porphyry copper ore deposit in the Chelyabinsk region Russian Federation is one of the largest copper deposits in Russia: the deposit is included in the 50 largest copper deposits in the world by the international independent analytical consulting group CRU. The porphyry copper ores of the Tominsky deposit contain copper, gold, and silver. The metal content in the ore is the lowest in Russia, therefore high processing volumes are required for efficient operation. The operational reserves of ore at the deposit reach 491 million tons.

The main innovative components of the project will be a special method of preparing a charge from different types ores, as well as hydrometallurgical processing in the production complex of the GOK.

The project for the construction of the mining and processing plant "Tominsky" with a capacity of up to 28 million tons of ore per year - project federal significance, the largest mining and processing plant to be built from scratch in the post-Soviet space. A similar project - Mikheevsky GOK - is being implemented by the Russian Copper Company at the Mikheevskoye deposit.

Innovative project know-how used by RCC specialists for the project:

method of mixing different types of ores;
the use of original high-performance equipment for the processing of super-hard porphyry copper ores;
the use of newly developed reagents to increase the extraction of copper and molybdenum into finished products;
hydrometallurgical method for processing oxidized and loose ores.

Planned performance:

up to 28 million tons copper ore per year (two lines with a capacity of up to 14 million tons each) - ore processing, as a result of which
up to 264 thousand tons of copper concentrate.

Launch:

Phase I - 2017 (terms, according to preliminary information, will be postponed for a year)

Phase II - 2019

Project composition:

Mine "Tominsky"

The deposit is planned to be open-pit mined by an open pit to a depth of 380 m. The use of high-performance equipment (Atlas Copco, Komatsu and Terex, Caterpillar, BelAZ) will increase the efficiency and reliability of mining operations and comply with world standards for the level of labor safety of the mining and processing plant personnel.

Obage fabric

The design is carried out by the forces of the TOMS engineering company (St. Pererburg, Russia).

It is planned to install the largest equipment in Russia, manufactured by world leaders, at the concentrator: SAG mills with a diameter of 11 m, ball mills with a diameter of 8 m, Outotec flotation machines with a chamber volume of 300 m3.

Tominsky GOK. reference

In 2011, the Russian Copper Company embarked on the implementation of two major investment projects in the field of copper mining and processing - the Mikheevsky GOK and the Tominsky GOK, the implementation of which will significantly increase the production of its own mineral raw materials (copper in copper concentrate). The total investment in these projects is about $ 1.3 billion. The launch of two mining and processing plants, Mikheevsky and Tominsky, will allow RCC to become one of the largest players in the copper concentrate market in Central Asia and China: in total, the two plants are capable of processing the volume of ore one and a half times greater than the entire volume of copper ore mined in Mongolia.

The project for the construction of the Tominsky mining and processing plant involves the processing of porphyry copper ore from the Tominsky deposit in the Chelyabinsk region. The operational reserves of ore at the deposit are estimated at 491 million tons. The mine is planned to be built 30 km from Chelyabinsk. Up to 28 million tons of ore will be processed per year and 264 thousand tons of copper concentrate will be produced. Two lines with a capacity of up to 14 million tons will be launched in 2015 and 2017, respectively. RMK plans to invest 44.4 billion rubles in the project.

Late 2013 Federal agency the subsoil use and the environmental prosecutor's office of the Chelyabinsk region received a resolution against the construction (the main one after the project of the Russian Copper Company in the region), signed by the deputies of the Tominsky rural settlement.

In their appeal, the Tominski deputies demanded a new public hearing on the project for the construction of a mining and processing plant, indicating that the representatives of the RMK did not provide the results of the environmental impact assessment required by law. Moreover, the deputies appealed to the governor with a request to stop the preparatory work at the construction site of the Tominsky GOK.

In 2016, VTsIOM conducted a survey of the population of the Chelyabinsk region, during which it was revealed that 51% of the region's population opposed the construction of the Tominsky GOK. Among the residents of Chelyabinsk, such respondents turned out to be more than 70%.

Governor Boris Dubrovsky instructed the regional government to conduct an environmental impact assessment of the GOK project. The Ministry of Ecological Development, by means of an auction, determined the winner, who must conduct an audit by July 1, 2016. It was the Ural State Mining University. Boris Dubrovsky announced the need for a thorough examination of the future enterprise.

The next mining and processing plant of the Russian copper company in the Chelyabinsk region should become the second largest after the Mikheevsky GOK. The total investment in the project is 22.24 billion rubles. The planned capacity of the enterprise for the extraction and processing of ore is 14 million tons of ore annually at the first stage of work with the subsequent reaching the design capacity of up to 28 million tons per year. The enterprise will produce copper concentrate and cathode copper as marketable products.Currently, cathode copper and wire rod are produced by the Kyshtym Copper Electrolyte Plant, blister copper is produced by CJSC Karabashmed "(Another RCC enterprise).

The benefit to the regional budget from the Tominsky GOK is 766 million rubles annually in the form of tax deductions from the enterprise.The opening of the Tominsky GOK is scheduled for 2017.

Threats and risks of Tominsky GOK for the population

The proximity of the Tominsky GOK to Chelyabinsk seriously alarmed the ecologists and the conscious public, especially since the work at the Tominskoye field will be carried out by an open explosive method, which threatens a serious threat from industrial dust from the plant. With the start of the mining and processing plant, residents of Chelyabinsk and its suburbs (not to mention the residents of the Tomino settlement) will have many opportunities for ... With the only amendment that the explosions will not be tens of kilometers from Chelyabinsk, but almost at hand.

Source: Yandex.Maps

Moreover, for the needs of production, the GOK will need considerable water reserves, which endangers the reservoirs in the vicinity of Chelyabinsk.

Opinion of human rights defenders and environmentalists

“For us residents of Chelyabinsk, such a neighborhood, to put it mildly, will be terrible, -. - Based on the estimated production volume (14 million tons per year), thousands of tons of dust will rise into the air every day. From career explosions processing plant(grinding, drying, etc.) and related industries. The dust will be carried by air currents for kilometers. Considering that mainly we have westerly winds, it is clear where these dust clouds will tend to. Probably, the existing air pollution is not enough for us. Honestly, I can't even imagine how it is possible to start the construction of the country's largest mining and processing plant without a positive conclusion of the state environmental expertise. The obligation to carry out such an examination is a strict legal requirement. Otherwise, several federal laws and violators must be held criminally, not administratively. Moreover, this should have been done as soon as the first bulldozer appeared at the construction site.».

According to environmental legislation, the developer must submit design and other documentation for environmental impact assessment even before the start of construction. Experts must answer the question: does the project meet the established environmental requirements or not.

« A very important provision is enshrined in the law - the presumption of environmental danger of any economic activity affecting the environment, - continues Talevlin. - Initially, any project is assumed and recognized as dangerous, and its safety is precisely what confirms the conclusion of the environmental expertise. It is within the framework of the examination that the sufficiency of the size of the sanitary protection zone is confirmed. In our case, judging by the information from the prosecutor's office, such a zone has not been established at all.».

Reaction of the Russian Copper Company

The clamor raised by environmentalists forced the RMK to take reciprocal steps. The government of the Chelyabinsk region also defended the project. Vice President of the Russian Copper Company Yuri Korol said that RCC is awaiting the results of the state technical expertise, and until that moment there is no point in publishing information.

Nevertheless, Yuri Korol indirectly admitted that the procedure for compulsory environmental impact assessment has not yet started. In response to the demand of the deputies of the Tominsky rural settlement to provide at least if not the preliminary results of this examination of the GOK project, but the project documentation, Korol said that new public hearings would be held during the environmental examination. Within its framework, public hearings will be held, where comments and suggestions will be made.

South Ural human rights activists and environmentalists began to increasingly demand that the government of the Chelyabinsk region curtail the project Russian Copper Company on the construction of the Tominsky mining and processing plant near Chelyabinsk. The last protest action took place in April in the center of Chelyabinsk.

The Acting Governor of the Chelyabinsk Region, following a meeting with representatives of the Russian Copper Company, instructed Ivan Feklin to head working group for the construction project of the Tominsky GOK.

The head of the region invited the management of the RMK, representatives of federal authorities, the leadership of the Sosnovsky district and the Tominsky rural settlement for a dialogue.

“There are a number of issues that concern the population and me personally,” said Boris Dubrovsky. - First of all, this is a matter of interaction with civil society... In 2012, preliminary public hearings were held, but tension is still felt, and this is understandable: the mine will be built in the immediate vicinity of Chelyabinsk, in the Sosnovsky District, where residential development is underway. "

Dubrovsky instructed the vice-governor to form a working group, which will be engaged not so much in assessing the threat to residents of Chelyabinsk and the Sosnovsky District, as in the information rehabilitation of the project.

“People do not fully understand all the details of the project, so we need to continue to work on its explanation and get the support of society,” Dubrovsky said. “Moreover, the project itself has federal status and significance, we must enlist and be sure of its support from the population.”

Natalya Gonchar, Director of the Department of Ecology, Labor Protection and Industrial Safety of RMK, said that the company is working on new proposals and amendments to the terms of reference for the development of a preliminary assessment of environmental impact.

Dubrovsky noted that Tominsky GOK will provide 1000 new jobs and provide a total of 30 billion rubles in tax deductions to the regional budget for the entire implementation period.

Apparently, Yuri Korol did not succeed in changing public opinion, so the Russian Copper Company decided to hire a former official in charge of information policy under ex-Governor Mikhail Yurevich. It is likely that Oleg Grachev will have to reduce the level of negativity in relation to the Tominsky GOK that has developed over the year.

Photo of the press service of the governor of the Chelyabinsk region

"Grachev will have to find a compromise on the Tominsky GOK"

According to Aleksey Shirinkin, Oleg Grachev is an outstanding specialist and one of the best media managers, who has serious work to improve public opinion regarding the projects of the Russian Copper Company in the region.

“The Russian Copper Company enjoyed the favor of the former governor, however, being a company that is very dependent on public opinion, it spent practically no effort on creating a favorable image among the population of the Southern Urals,” the political scientist told DK.RU. - They were not involved in the image of Tominsky GOK at all, let's face it ".

According to Aleksey Shirinkin, work at RMK will be a serious challenge for Grachev, who will have to soften public opinion regarding the Tominsky GOK, which is increasingly referred to as an environmental threat to Chelyabinsk.

“Any industry, especially in the Chelyabinsk region, poses an environmental threat,” noted Aleksey Shirinkin. - Grachev's task is to establish work with the government and find a compromise on the Tominsky GOK. In my opinion, this is possible. "

RCC is considering how to change public opinion

At the end of March, the management of CJSC »Received an offer from on additional measures to discuss the preliminary version of the assessment of the impact of the GOK on the environment.

Igor Altushkin's companies offered to organize an exposition in the House of Architects, the information policy department of the municipality specified.

“In case of consent from the side of Tominsky GOK, the date and time of the exposition will be announced additionally,” the press service of the administration said.

In an interview with DK.RU, the press secretary of the Russian Copper Company Evgenia Chaplygina said that agreements were reached on holding additional discussions of the Tominsky GOK project during a meeting of representatives of the Russian Copper Company with.

“It has not yet been decided in what version it will be organized,” noted Evgenia Chaplygina. - Public discussion of the project is scheduled for September, until this month we will make a decision.

Regarding the proposal of the Chelyabinsk administration to hold an exposition about the Tominsky GOK in the Architect's House in the RMK, they spoke unequivocally - there will not be such an exhibition.

“We are not planning to hold any kind of exhibition,” said the press secretary of the RMK. It is unlikely that she will be of interest to anyone. Our company does not deal with art galleries. We will look for an option that will suit all parties. "

RMK and regional authorities will be engaged in the rehabilitation of the GOK among the population

Recall that at the beginning of April this year, Boris Dubrovsky instructed the Deputy Prime Minister , which will be engaged not so much in assessing the threat to residents of Chelyabinsk and the Sosnovsky District, as in information rehabilitation of the project.

“People do not fully understand all the details of the project, so we need to continue to work to clarify it and get the support of society,” Dubrovsky said. Moreover, the project itself has federal status and significance, we must enlist and be sure of its support from the population. "

In addition, the Russian Copper Company. He was named Vice President of Development. Grachev will have to deal with regional projects, including the Tominsky GOK.

“The experience of Oleg Grachev and his knowledge of the specifics of both the Chelyabinsk Region and the entire Ural Federal District will make it possible to increase the efficiency of the development of the Group's regional projects,” the press service of RCC reported.

For the prospect of the construction of the GOK, as a response, social movement"Stop GOK", expressing the position of canceling construction and arguing this with a promising environmental disaster... However, the environmental expertise recognized Tominsky GOK as safe. This undermines the main argument of the Stop GOK movement. Secondary, but not confirmed, were such as the sale of Russian resources to foreign states, for example.

Chelyabinsk may die of thirst

The construction of the Tominsky GOK threatens the city with an ecological catastrophe

Sergey Ionov

On the South Urals active discussions about the construction project continue Tominsky mining and processing combine ... Construction initiator - Russian Copper Company (RMK)- convinces everyone that the plant will be completely safe for people, will give large tax deductions, and thousands of people will get jobs. At the same time, the opinion of numerous opponents of construction that warn of the possibility of a major environmental disaster.

The Russian Copper Company insists on the fact that production will meet all modern requirements, environmentally friendly, and waste will be almost exclusively water and sand remaining after the processing of rocks. And in general, the same works the same Mikheevsky GOK, no no problem with him... Opponents of construction notice that all the reasons RMK are similar to general words, and there are no answers to specific questions yet.

Here are the main risks associated with construction Tominsky GOK.

Thirdly, according to experts, in addition to sand and water, the waste will contain zinc and other heavy metals.

It is not surprising that for many months in Chelyabinsk and the region there have been numerous rallies and pickets of opponents of the construction. V social network VKontakte in the group of dissatisfied almost 30 thousand people. Are carried out various conferences, "Round tables », Seminars. There was even an initiative to hold a city referendum.

But the RMK, apparently, chose the tactic of ignoring uncomfortable questions. But the company is actively involved in various projects aimed at creating a positive image. If you do not know about the mass dissatisfaction of residents with the Tominsky GOK project, then about RMK you might get the impression as very socially responsible. “RMK is a truly Russian company, a symbol new Russia... Our goal is to become the most efficient and innovative copper company in the world ”, - written on the official site.

It is interesting that the authorities of the Chelyabinsk region practically do not speak about the problem in any way. On the other hand, this can hardly seem surprising. It is known that the main PR man Russian Copper Company Oleg Grachev worked as a deputy for former governor Mikhail Yurevich... And the current minister of the region for ecology worked at JSC "Tominsky GOK" Irina Gladkova.

Simple citizens are still, at best, completely unaware of the possible risks. They rely only on their civic engagement and hope that the management of the Russian Copper Company and the regional authorities will hear their questions.

A whole range of risks is associated with the construction of the Tominsky GOK, - considers ecologist from Chelyabinsk, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Sergei Denisov.

First of all, the construction of the tailing dump with a height of 95 meters is frightening. The risk of destruction of such a structure exceeds the maximum permissible 1.6 times, even according to the estimates of the designers. The tailing dump should collect toxic substances - pyrite tails, that is, industrial water with processing residues and chemical reagents used in ore beneficiation. This is such a water-sand mixture with chemicals, because of which nothing grows at all. We have a Karabash tailing dump, for 70 years there is nothing alive there.

The designed tailing dump will have to contain 600 million cubic meters of this poisonous liquid. A breakthrough of such a dam last November in Brazil led to the fact that toxic substances spread over 500 kilometers and got into the ocean.

In Chelyabinsk, the only source of water is the Shershnevskoe reservoir, which is located just 9 kilometers from this projected tailing dump.

In general, this type of structure in Russia, I don't know to have such a high circular dam. This not straight dam, which rests against the bedrock, namely the circular dam.

There is another danger for the Shernevsky reservoir. All dust emissions that will be generated in mining results will settle on the catchment area of the reservoir, that is, on the area from where rainfall flows into the reservoir. In addition, there will be about 2,000 hectares of dumps, substances from them will mix with sediments and flow in the direction of the reservoir.

Of course, there will be contamination of groundwater. Unfortunately, we do not have such enterprises that would not pollute The groundwater... Although they talk about waterproofing, there are no absolutely safe enterprises in the world.

It turns out that a very poisonous enterprise should appear near the millionth city. The city, which can be considered one of the strongholds of our defense capability, the security of the country. There is no point in exposing Chelyabinsk to such a danger. The projected profit cannot be compared with a huge city.