PHNOM PENH: The Ministry of Environment has taken legal action against Indian-owned gold mining company Mesco Gold (Cambodia) Ltd, after identifying the company as the source of a polluted stream in Ratanakkiri province. In the same week, a Phnom Penh factory was found to be burning textile scraps and polluting the environment.
Last weekend, a ministry inspection team worked with local authorities to investigate pollution in the O Tray stream, located about 30 metres from Mesco Gol’s mining site in Peak village, Yatung commune, O’Yadav district. They determined that the mining operations were the source of the pollution.
