Steel producers call for waste treatment solutions                                   Ten steel producers in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have called for help from local authorities to treat the rising amount of hazardous waste from their production.    Steel dust lies outdoors at Dong Tien Steel Company Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province is considered the centre for steel producers with total capacity reach 4 million tonnes of steel per year but many of steel factories are facing troubles with hazardous waste treatment. The South Korean firm, Posco SS-Vina, is predicted to discharge 70,000 tonnes of waste per year and has yet able to find a solution for their problem. Authorities of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was asked to help them find a company that could deal with those waste so Posco SS-Vina can start their operation in October, 2014. In the meantime, heads of Fuco Steel Corporation said Vietnam Mineral Exploitation, Processing, Import-Export JSC is responsible for dealing with their steel dust. However, the company's storage is almost full of steel dust yet no one has come to deal with it. If their operation is continued, they will violate regulations because the amount of steel dust will breach the safety level. Meanwhile, the Southern Steel Company has had to shoulder about 10,000 tonnes of waste for the past year even though they signed contract with Vietnam Mineral Exploiting, Processing, Import-Export JSC along with four other steel companies in the area. However, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has not yet granted permission to Vietnam Mineral Exploiting, Processing, Import-Export JSC for dealing with hazardous waste. The local Department of Industry and Trade said that not only do the companies will have to face difficulties, the province will face threats to their environment if they fail to attract waste recycling companies. On September 15, over 100 households from Hac Dich and My Xuan communes came together in demanded Dong Tien Steel Companies to stop discharging its wastes. Five days earlier, management agencies found out that the company's waste treatment system often suffered from technical problems and a huge amount of steel dust was improperly kept. Source:  tienphong, dtinews.vn