The court, at the request of Rosprirodnadzor, recovered 3.07 million rubles from JSC HC Yakutugol. for dumping insufficiently treated wastewater into the Verkhnyaya Neryungra River in Yakutia. This is stated in the message of Rosprirodnadzor.
The company did not comply with the requirement for voluntary compensation, and the agency appealed to the court. As a result, in August 2026, Yakutugol reimbursed the damage in full.
JSC HC Yakutugol is one of the largest coal mining companies in Russia, part of the Mechel Group. It includes the Neryungrinsky, Kangalassky, and Dzhebariki-Khaya mines, as well as the Neryungrinskaya processing plant.
