Philippines allows coal ash sale

Korea's KEPCP cleared to sell coal ash to local firms.[$]

 

{reg}[PAID={"id":"15,16,17","title":"The content you tried to access is only available to paid subscribers.","link":"1"}]A Philippine court has approved a Korean company's plan to sell its  coal ash waste to two Cebu-based  firms reports the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

 

Korean Electric Power Corp.-Salcon Power Plant (Kepco-SPC) won its motion to modify a previous order restricting the disposal of their coal ash waste. The court has stated that there is an immediate need for disposal sites for the fly ash generated by Kepco. But the judge didnÔÇÖt specify that Kepco can dispose of its ash waste in a new┬á landfill within the controversial Balili property owned by the provincial government in Naga.

The court previously issued an order that prohibited all coal-fired power plants in Naga and Toledo Cities to stop dumping their ash waste outside their premises because it poses ÔÇ£health risks to residents.ÔÇØ

The court was asked by an environmental group for the issuance of an environment protection order (EPO) which is still pending in court. The environmentalists that coal-fired power plants in the cities of Naga and Toledo were ÔÇ£indiscriminately dumpingÔÇØ toxic┬á coal ash waste. In the order the judge says Kepco-SPC is┬á allowed to deliver its coal ash to cement company┬á Geo-Transport and Construction Inc. and the Integrated Resource Recovery Management Inc. (FDRCON), which will use the coal ash waste to produce bio fertilizer. Both companies could use 40 metric tons each of coal ash waste every day. {/reg/}