Zijin has to pay RSD 1 million because of river pollution

Acting on the criminal complaint filed by the Regulatory Institute for Renewable Energy and the Environment (RERI) against the company Zijin Copper due to heavy metal pollution of the river Mali Pek in March 2021, the competent prosecutor’s office in Negotin ordered that the company and its director Jian Ximing have to pay RSD 1 million to charity because of the criminal offense of environmental pollution. According to RERI’s press release, the Pek River, due to