ECJ – FINLAND
December 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLINERT mining residues should be regarded as waste under European Union (EU) and national laws controlling their disposal, unless they are immediately reused, for instance by filling disused mine shafts, the European Court of Justice has ruled. It was making an advisory judgement in a Finnish case involving mining company AvestaPolarit Chrome Oy, which wants to dispose of underground waste from a chromium mine by crushing, dressing and fine-dressing. It is opposing a ruling by Finland's Environment Centre that these disposal methods are covered by ...
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