Tanzania: Dangote Plant Fined 15m/ - for Polluting

THE National Environmental Council (NEMC) has ordered the Dangote Industrial Limited to pay a fine of 15m/- for contravening the Environmental Management Act, 2004 and its regulations.

The Deputy Minister of State in the Vice-President's Office, Union and Environment, Luhaga Mpina, penalised the Mtwara based cement industry on his second day of his tour of the region. The minister realised that the industry that has three months since it launched its operations is polluting the environment as it lacked a dumpsite.

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