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Papua New Guinea shutters polluting Chinese plant

Papua New Guinea has ordered a Chinese nickel plant closed after hazardous liquid was released into sea, turning parts the surrounding coastline red. [AFP}

Papua New Guinea said Thursday it had ordered the indefinite closure of a multi-billion dollar Chinese-owned nickel facility that spewed potentially toxic red slurry into the sea.

The Mineral Resources Authority said it had ordered owners of the Ramu Nickel refinery to "shut down its processing operations" as of Monday October 21.

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