Eight workers injured in South Korean copper plant explosion
The Star Online, 13 May 2014
SEOUL (Reuters) - Eight workers were injured in an explosion on Tuesday at a copper smelter operated by metals group LS-Nikko in the South Korean city of Ulsan, the company said.
A spokesman said the blast occurred as the plant's No.2 smelter, which has a capacity of 290,000 tonnes of copper per year, was due to be closed for one day of maintenance.
“Right before the maintenance work started, there was a steam explosion at the end of a route where copper liquid flows,” spokesman Shin Dong-gwang told Reuters. He said it was unclear when the smelter would reopen.
One worker had second-degree burns and the other seven were slightly injured, he added.
The No. 1 smelter at the plant has a capacity of 200,000 tonnes per year.
(Reporting By Meeyoung Cho and Amran Abocar; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
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