Thefoundry owner claims that the dangerous material was constitutionally acquired, but he also admits that he had no way to sell it.
PUBLISHED: 18 Apr 2024 at 16 :12
The buyers of copper waste from Tak, who stored waste in Bangkok, and Samut Sakhon have been charged with fraudulently possessing a harmful substance.
The chairman of J& is Jetsada Kengrungruangchai. Authorities in Samut Sakhon, where B Metal Co. is based, discovered 13,800 tonnes of copper tailings he had purchased from a waste in Tak state earlier this month.
Further waste were afterwards discovered in the Bangkok district of Chon Buri and at Mr. Jetsada’s business.
According to Pol Maj Gen Wacharin Pusit, head of the police’s Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Suppression Division, inspectors found that the features did not comply with the law’s needs for the secure storage of the hazardous material.
Cadmium has numerous uses, prominently in the production of rechargeable batteries, colours, metal surfaces and plastics. When admium and its compounds enter the food chain, they can harm people tissues and organs, which are extremely dangerous. Because of this threat, its leisure is tightly regulated.
Pol Maj Gen Wacharin claimed that J&& Under a deal that required the organization to dispose of the waste, B Metal purchased the effluent. The company was unable to buy the waste in accordance with the terms. However, authorities have not yet filed a cost related to the sale, which is also being investigated.
J& Although B Metal had a license for the waste, the chief reported that the waste products it imported from Britain was being repaired.
Bound &; purchased the effluent from them. Beyond Plc at 1 25 ringgit per kilogramme, he said.
SET-listed Bound & Before moving forward, Beyondd Plc was known as Padaeng Industry Plc, which ran a zinc-mining company in Tak up until 2016. It left the mining sector and disposed of the copper waste at various Tak pits in accordance with environmental protection laws. The organization now operates a resort company.
On Thursday, Pol Maj Gen Wacharin reported that Samut Sakhon’s professional authorities were obligated to verify the legality of the province’s cobalt waste storage.
Mr. Jetsada told reporters at the police division’s practices that he had previously planned to trade the tailings to Laos where he had a possible Chinese client. He anticipated having them buy for$ 8. 25 ringgit per kilogramme.
He claimed that a Mr. Zhang contacted him to purchase 5,000 tonnes of the waste before an agreement may be reached, and he sold them at 8 instead. 25 ringgit per kilogramme. The customer delivered the copper waste to Chon Buri.
Mr. Jetsada claimed that because he had a furnace license, he could legally source the waste. He claimed to have been a businessperson for 40 years.
Nevertheless, he admitted that he did not have any authority to buy the tailings. He claimed that in order to increase the company’s working capital, he needed to sell some of the materials.
At a J&&, leaders inspect bags containing copper tailings. Samut Sakhon’s B Metal forge opened this quarter. ( Police photo )