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Fire at the Horne Foundry
A fire has been raging since Friday evening at the Horne foundry in Rouyn-Noranda, mobilizing nearly thirty firefighters in the anode sector of the metallurgical plant, where there is molten…
Fire at the Horne Foundry
A fire broke out Friday evening at the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda. No one was injured, according to firefighters. Posted at 8:45 p.m. Frederik-Xavier Duhamel The Press Emergency services received…
Possible for the Horne smelter to reduce its arsenic emissions without closing up shop?
Is it possible to reduce arsenic emissions from the Horne smelter to “acceptable levels”, as demanded by health authorities, without having to close up shop altogether? It’s all about cost,…
Arsenic at the Horne Smelter | Still several “steps” before reaching the Quebec standard, says Boileau
Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos Il faudra plusieurs « étapes » avant d’atteindre la norme québécoise sur les concentrations d’arsenic de 3 nanogrammes par mètre cube d’air à la…
Horne smelter: arsenic emissions are “not tolerable”, says Dr. Boileau
Maintaining the current level of arsenic emissions from the Horne smelter “is not tolerable” considering the health impacts of this carcinogen, said the national director of public health, the Dr…
Horne Foundry: “Maintaining arsenic emissions is not acceptable”, judges Dr Boileau
The level of pollutant emissions in Rouyn-Noranda, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, where the Horne Foundry is singled out, is not acceptable for the health of the population, estimates the national director of…
Horne smelter: an “untolerable” level of arsenic emissions in Rouyn-Noranda
Maintaining the current level of arsenic emissions from the Horne Foundry “is not tolerable”, said Wednesday the national director of public health, Dr. Luc Boileau. If Glencore does not reduce…
Rouyn-Noranda | Legault “does not rule out” the closure of the Horne foundry
Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos Pressé par différents regroupements d’agir pour protéger la santé des citoyens de Rouyn-Noranda, François Legault « n’exclut pas » de faire fermer la fonderie…
The College of Physicians asks Quebec to act on the arsenic emitted by the Horne Foundry
The College of Physicians of Quebec asks the Government of Quebec to act to protect the health of the citizens of Rouyn-Noranda against the high concentrations of arsenic in the…
Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda | The College of Physicians asks Legault to act
(Montreal) The College of Physicians of Quebec is asking the Government of Quebec to act to protect the health of the citizens of Rouyn-Noranda against the high atmospheric concentrations of…
Rouyn-Noranda doctors stand up against arsenic from the Horne smelter
About fifty doctors from Rouyn-Noranda are going to the front to ensure that the arsenic emissions from the Horne smelter, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, correspond to the standards of the Ministry of…
[Opinion] We must civilize the Horne Foundry
Completed in the middle of the winter of 1927, by Siberian cold and when electricity had just arrived in the distant canton of Rouyn, Noranda did not skimp on the…
Horne Foundry: Abitibi could do without it, says Richard Desjardins
When he talks about the Horne Foundry, formerly Noranda, many memories come to mind of Abitibi’s most famous child, singer-songwriter Richard Desjardins. • Read also: Horne Foundry: “The people of…
Cancer cases in Rouyn-Noranda | Dr Arruda met with the Horne smelter before pulling information
Horacio Arruda met with representatives of the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda on September 26, 2019, before removing from a document that was to be made public an appendix evoking the…
Rouyn-Noranda | A plume of smoke from the Horne Foundry raises concern
A plume of orange smoke emerging from a chimney of the Horne Foundry caused concern on Wednesday in Rouyn-Noranda, recalling a past incident for which the company had been sanctioned…
Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda | Arsenic emissions jump
Arsenic emissions from the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda increased in 2021 compared to 2020 and continue to greatly exceed the legal standard, Quebec government data shows. Posted yesterday at 5:00…
Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda | Arsenic emissions on the rise and exceeding the legal standard
Arsenic emissions from the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda increased in 2021 compared to 2020 and continue to greatly exceed the legal standard, Quebec government data shows. Posted at 5:00 p.m.…
Abitibi-Témiscamingue | Rise in arsenic emissions from the Horne Smelter
Arsenic emissions from the Horne Foundry in Rouyn-Noranda increased in 2021 compared to 2020 and continue to greatly exceed the legal standard, Quebec government data shows. Posted at 5:00 p.m.…