Zijin mining environmental accident led to a serial violation problem

"Pull out the radish and take out the mud." Yesterday, Guangdong province informed the once sensational "9 21" Zijin Mining Xinyi Dam incident investigation and treatment, due to illegal construction production, safety production responsibility system is not implemented and other reasons, Xinyi Purple Gold Mining Co., Ltd. on the main responsibility for dam-breaking incident.　　In addition, the country's largest gold enterprise illegal land and other violations of the law and Regulations were revealed with the accident investigation. September 21, affected by a rare rainstorm caused by the typhoon "van-Asia", Guangdong Maoming Xinyi Purple Gold Mining Co., Ltd. The dam-breaking incident occurred in the Gao Qi Ridge tailings reservoir of the silver-rock tin mine, which resulted in 22 deaths and 523 households, as well as serious damage to the public infrastructure such as transportation, water conservancy, and farmland and crops.　　This is another major environmental accident in the Zijin mining industry after July 3, when a copper-containing acidic wastewater was leaking from a wet-process plant in Zijinshan copper mine. According to the report issued by the investigation and processing team, the dam-breaking incident was caused by a large natural disaster and the relevant units of the illegal violation of the safety of the accident, exposing the relevant enterprises illegal construction production, safety production responsibility system is not implemented,　　The relevant government and functional departments are not in place, and a small number of leading cadres violate the law. The report notes that the torrential rains caused by typhoons are just the cause of dam-breaking events.　　The direct reason is that Xinyi Zijin company in the construction process, without authorization to elevate the tailings reservoir drainage wells intake elevation, at the same time, enterprises on the tailings reservoir Operation Management security responsibility is not implemented. More noteworthy is that in the investigation also found many Zijin mining other illegal violations. It is understood that Xinyi Zijin company has illegal land, and the relevant departments issued two "illegal land stoppage notice" ignored. Since 2005, Xinyi Zijin Company signed the lease agreement with the villagers, leased the area of the silver-rock tin ore field a total of 1069.51 acres of collective agricultural land, in the case of legal land use procedures, unauthorized construction of apartment buildings, dormitory buildings, office buildings, factories, tailings and other buildings and structures, A total of 293.42 acres of agricultural land occupied.　　The company also in the tailings reservoir without design and approval of the relevant departments, also did not deal with land formalities and other circumstances, without authorization to start construction Gao Qi Ridge tailings reservoir flood drainage tunnel. In addition, the GAO Qi Ridge tailings dam project approved a total investment of 215 million yuan, but the actual investment amounted to 340 million yuan, the super scale investment of about 60%. At the same time, the technical improvement project of Silverstone is a project which may have a significant impact on the public interest, and in accordance with the relevant provisions, the project should be approved in an appropriate manner to solicit public comments.　　However, the relevant departments of the former provincial Economic and Trade Commission did not solicit public opinions when approving the project. At present, 36 persons have been dealt with and 15 persons have been transferred to the judiciary in the incident. At the same time, 21 officials are seriously held responsible for disciplinary duties, including 4 office-level cadres. In addition, the Guangdong Provincial Discipline Commission to instruct the local government according to the law to Xinyi Zijin Company to lodge a claim.