The Working Group Discussed the EIA report of “Aglomerate” LLC

Today, on December 23, the civil movement “Gavigudet” organized a working group meeting to discuss and prepare comments/notes on the EIA report of the metallurgical plant “Aglomerate” LLC.

In Rustavi, “Aglomerate” LLC plans to arrange and exploit a roasting of metal-bearing ore and a sinter factory that will produce 66000 t/year of agglomerate for 7920 hours annually.

8 sintering pans with auxiliary facilities and infrastructure will be arranged on the territory of the enterprise. The production area includes a sinter workshop, a raw material warehouse, and a closed warehouse of the product.

A hangar-type partially closed building will be arranged in the production area. In particular, the whole warehouse of storage services will be closed.

The sinter production cycle includes the following facilities: 1. agglomeration workshop; 2. raw material warehouse; 3. closed warehouse for the product.

Harmful substances, emitted as a result of the activity are as follows: inorganic dust, manganese dioxide, nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), carbon monoxide (CO), chromium (Cr+6), ZnO, lead and its compounds, nickel, cadmium sulfate, arsenic, copper oxide, mercury, selenium. The highest rate of total emissions comes from inorganic dust, SO₂, and CO.

At the meeting, our group discussed the EIA report in detail and prepared a written position, outlining the movement’s remarks and recommendations, which we will share with the population and the National Environment Agency.

The public deliberation of the EIA report of the “Aglomerati” LLC will be held in the City Hall of Rustavi Municipality, on December 27, at 14:00. Every citizen has the right to attend the meeting.

The EIA report can be seen on this link.