the spill covered an area of dozens of kilometers, 472 million euros were a manufacturer of aluminum in Hungary (￡ 410 m has punished) on a spillage of toxic sludge in the past year.Ten people died and serious damage to the environment MAL Zrt was caused by the leak of SWM early October.
A Government statement said that the fine reflected the unprecedented amount of hazardous material released when the reservoir walls were injured.
From flooded approximately 700,000 cubic meters (184 million gallons). The company has to pay about two weeks, the fine or complaint.
"MAL forced Zrt, the reservoir of red mud, caused by more than 135 billion Forints for the damage to the environment fined during operation" said the Ministry of rural development on their website.
The alkalis - a by-product of the production of aluminium - flooded in nearby towns and villages and agricultural land in West Hungary.
It's finally on an area of 40 km2 (more than 15 km) and reached the Danube, the more than 150 people injured.
Officials said it was the most serious chemical accident in Hungary, but was allowed the company to production again less than two weeks after the accident.
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