The factory, Zinc Nacional, which recycles hazardous steel dust in Mexico, has announced plans to relocate its most polluting operations away from Monterrey due to environmental scrutiny and local protests. The commitment comes in light of findings from an investigation revealing heavy-metals pollution affecting nearby neighborhoods. While the company insists it follows regulatory compliance, neighbors have rallied against its operations. Zinc Nacional plans to move within two years while ensuring job maintenance and promises to improve its existing site with an enclosure and more greenery.
"In a letter to authorities of the state of Nuevo Leon, the company has now vowed to move its most intensive operations away from its current location in the middle of the Monterrey metropolitan area within two years."
"It did not specify where to, except that it would be outside the Monterrey metropolitan area and that the company would maintain more than one thousand jobs."
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