Compliance Radar
Who was sanctioned, and for what?
Fines, court rulings and incidents from Europe and North America: 718 cases from 32 jurisdictions, each with an official source and checked against that source before publication. Filter by country, area of law and sector. Click a chart to drill down one level.
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Where?
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What for?
by area of lawAll areas of law
- Bribery and corruption €164.7m 53 % · 2 cases
- Competition law €70m 23 % · 1 case
- Environment and sustainability €64.9m 21 % · 6 cases
- Other €9.11m 3 % · 1 case
- Health and safety and employment law €2.26m 1 % · 10 cases
- Supply chain and human rights — 0 % · 2 cases
- Sanctions and export control — 0 % · 2 cases
Who?
by company- Glencore International AG €138.9m 45 % · 1 case
- C2MAC Group, Fonderie De Riccardis, Zanardi Fonderie u. a. (Gießereikartell, 12 Unternehmen und Assofond) €70m 23 % · 1 case
- ArcelorMittal Exploitation Minière Canada s.e.n.c. €62.6m 20 % · 2 cases
- Fleurette Properties Ltd €25.8m 8 % · 1 case
- W International LLC; W International SC LLC; Precision Metal Equipment Handling LLC €9.11m 3 % · 1 case
- Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc. €1.36m 0 % · 1 case
- Somers Forge Limited €859,697 0 % · 1 case
- Algoma Steel Inc. €747,710 0 % · 1 case
- Jindal Tubular USA LLC €425,293 0 % · 1 case
- Kenric Steel LLC €322,795 0 % · 1 case
- 11 more€902,894
When?
per quarter, by date of decision| Period | Cases | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — |
| Q1 2024 | 2 | €459,090 |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — |
| Q3 2024 | 2 | €139.2m |
| Q4 2024 | 2 | €492,529 |
| Q1 2025 | 4 | €1.36m |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | €140,306 |
| Q3 2025 | 1 | €89,949 |
| Q4 2025 | 3 | €70.1m |
| Q1 2026 | 4 | €35.9m |
| Q2 2026 | 3 | €62.6m |
| Q3 2026 | 2 | €794,409 |
24 cases
5 Aug 2024 Glencore International AGOffice of the Attorney General of Switzerland: summary penalty order against Glencore over bribery in Congo €138.9m
Glencore failed to take all reasonable organisational precautions to prevent the bribery of foreign public officials by a business partner in connection with the acquisition of minority stakes in two mining companies in the DR Congo in 2011. The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (Bundesanwaltschaft, BA) issued a summary penalty order (Strafbefehl) imposing a fine of 2 million CHF and a compensatory claim of 150 million USD (amount converted at the ECB rate of 5 August 2024: 152,357,266 USD in total); further matters from 2007–2017 were discontinued.
Companies are also liable for bribery by business partners if they have not taken adequate due diligence and control measures.
Corruption risks posed by business partners in acquisitions of stakes
- Authority / court
- Bundesanwaltschaft (BA)
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Art. 102 Abs. 2 StGB (Unternehmensverantwortlichkeit) i. V. m. Bestechung fremder Amtsträger; Strafbefehl
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- 10,000 or more
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 5 Aug 2024
Original amount 152,357,266 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Aug 2024.
- Bundesanwaltschaft schliesst Strafuntersuchung gegen Glencore International AG mit Strafbefehl und Einstellungsverfügung ab Press release of an authority
- OM: Geldboete Fleurette Properties Ltd wegens omkoping in Congo (erwähnt Strafbefehl gegen Glencore vom 05.08.2024) Press release of an authority
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link
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10 Sep 2026 Algoma Steel Inc.Algoma Steel: 1.2 million CAD fine for gear oil in the St. Marys River €747,710
In June 2022, a gear oil tank overflowed at the steelworks in Sault Ste. Marie; an estimated 1,000 to 1,250 litres of oil entered the St. Marys River, harmful to fish and migratory birds. The company pleaded guilty to two counts and is paying 1.2 million CAD into the Environmental Damages Fund; its name is listed in the Environmental Offenders Registry.
Even small tank overflows near watercourses lead to fines in the millions – overfill protection and containment systems are mandatory.
Filling and monitoring oil tanks
- Authority / court
- Ontario Court of Justice, Sault Ste. Marie (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Fisheries Act, Subsection 36(3); Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, Subsection 5.1(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 11 Sep 2026
Original amount 1,200,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 10 Sep 2026.
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1 Sep 2026 PPS Metal Recycling LtdScrapyard: £40,000 fine after metal pile collapses on father and son €46,699
In February 2025, a pile of scrap collapsed on a father and his son at the metal recycler's site while an excavator had been working near them for around 20 minutes; one of them suffered a broken leg. Pedestrians were separated neither from machinery nor from unstable stockpiles, even though there had been a near miss involving the same excavator shortly before. Fine of £40,000 plus £6,181 costs.
Companies that allow customers or visitors onto a site with machinery must physically separate pedestrians and vehicles and treat near misses as a warning sign.
- Authority / court
- Grimsby Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 3(1) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- After the accident, a separate unloading zone, signage, supervised procedures and fenced-off walkways were introduced.
- Published
- 2 Sep 2026
Original amount 40,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 1 Sep 2026.
- Scrap yard fined after father and son injured by collapsing metal pile (HSE) Press release of an authority
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16 Jun 2026 Samson Containers LtdContainer manufacturer ignores notices on welding fume and hearing protection – £30,000 €34,694
Despite improvement notices from September 2024 and February 2025, the manufacturer of skips and metal containers failed to implement any measures against carcinogenic welding fume (mild steel) – with neither extraction nor respiratory protection; in addition, there was no health surveillance for hearing for employees exposed to noise. Fine of £30,000 plus costs.
Regulatory orders on hazardous substances have deadlines – companies that let them lapse will be prosecuted regardless of whether an accident occurs.
- Authority / court
- Warrington Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 33(1)(g) Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (Nichtbefolgung von Improvement Notices)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 18 Jun 2026
Original amount 30,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 16 Jun 2026.
- Skip manufacturer fined £30,000 after failing to protect workers from carcinogenic fumes (HSE) Press release of an authority
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16 Jun 2026 Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O.CBP import stop for copper from Serbia Zijin Copper over forced labour indicators Order
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued a Withhold Release Order: copper and copper products from Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. (Serbia) are being detained at all US ports of entry because there are indications of forced labour (ILO indicators including withholding of wages, intimidation, restriction of movement and retention of identity documents).
Production in Europe is no free pass either: raw material and metal supply chains need their own forced labour checks.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- 19 U.S.C. § 1307 (Tariff Act of 1930, Section 307)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 16 Jun 2026
- CBP issues Withhold Release Order on Serbia Zijin Copper D.O.O. Press release of an authority
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15 May 2026 ArcelorMittal Exploitation Minière Canada s.e.n.c.ArcelorMittal mining subsidiary in Québec: 100 million CAD fine for acidic mine effluent €62.5m
From May 2014 to May 2022, acidic effluent, effluent with elevated zinc, nickel or suspended solids content, and effluent that was acutely lethal to fish entered fish-bearing waters from the Mont-Wright mining complex and the Fire Lake mine in the Fermont region. The company pleaded guilty to 100 counts; the fine of 100 million CAD goes almost entirely to the Environmental Damages Fund, and an action plan on wastewater management must also be submitted by mid-February 2027.
Long-standing exceedances of limit values add up to hundreds of individual offences; effluent monitoring must lead to immediate corrective action.
- Authority / court
- Court of Québec (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Fisheries Act, Subsection 36(3)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 15 May 2026
Original amount 100,000,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 15 May 2026.
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17 Mar 2026 W International LLC; W International SC LLC; Precision Metal Equipment Handling LLCW International pays 10.5 million USD for overpriced welding tables for Air Force and Navy €9.11m
The metal fabrication companies and their CEO Edward Walker allegedly knowingly overcharged the Air Force and the Navy for welding tables for the modernisation of a large welding facility; the project was financed in part with funds under the Defense Production Act. The settlement under the False Claims Act amounts to 10.5 million USD; a former employee received 1,863,750 USD as a whistleblower.
Price information provided to public contracting authorities must be calculated on a sound basis; internal whistleblowers regularly bring such cases to the authorities.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Justice (Civil Division) / USAO District of South Carolina
- Area of law
- Other
- Legal basis
- False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff.)
- Action
- Other
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Liability of senior managers
- CEO Edward Walker is personally a party to the settlement.
- Published
- 17 Mar 2026
Original amount 10,500,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Mar 2026.
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6 Mar 2026 Fleurette Properties LtdCommodities holding Fleurette: 25.8 million EUR strafbeschikking over bribery in Congo €25.8m
According to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM), the top holding company of a mining, oil and gold group, which was based in the Netherlands from 2010 to 2017, participated together with others in bribing public officials of the DR Congo in order to obtain licences for cobalt and copper mines. On 6 March 2026, the OM issued a strafbeschikking (prosecutorial penalty order) imposing a fine of 25.8 million EUR, which Fleurette accepted.
In the commodities sector, licences and concessions are the main target for bribery – holding companies share liability for payments made by their subsidiaries.
Award of licences in the commodities sector, payments to public officials
- Authority / court
- Openbaar Ministerie (OM); Ermittlungen FIOD Anti-Corruptie Centrum
- Area of law
- Bribery and corruption · Bribery of public officials
- Legal basis
- Buitenlandse ambtelijke omkoping (Wetboek van Strafrecht); OM-strafbeschikking
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Published
- 10 Mar 2026
- Geldboete Fleurette Properties Ltd wegens omkoping in Congo Press release of an authority
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26 Feb 2026 All FAB Precision Sheetmetal, Inc.Sheet metal fabricator: second amputation on the same press brake – Cal/OSHA $212,850 €180,168
In June 2025, an employee in San Jose lost a finger on a press brake without guarding – identical to an accident in June 2024 for which the business had already been fined $43,500. The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) imposed $212,850 (including a wilful repeat violation); the employer appealed.
After an accident, retrofitting the machine is mandatory – an identical second accident will be treated as wilful.
- Authority / court
- California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- California Code of Regulations, Title 8 (Maschinenschutz)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- under appeal
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Culpability
- intentional
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 26 Feb 2026
Original amount 212,850 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 26 Feb 2026.
- Cal/OSHA cites San Jose sheet metal company more than $212,000 following amputation accident (DIR) Press release of an authority
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18 Feb 2026 Somers Forge LimitedSomers Forge: 750,000 GBP after fatal accident on a 20-metre lathe €859,697
In December 2023, a machinist was caught by a lathe and fatally injured while finishing a rotating workpiece with emery cloth. The forge had not prohibited manual work with emery cloth, had not prevented access to moving parts and had not carried out a risk assessment; the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) prosecution resulted in a fine of 750,000 GBP plus 38,314 GBP in costs.
Expressly prohibit dangerous habitual practices on machine tools and safeguard against them with guarding and instruction.
Safe working on rotating machinery
- Authority / court
- Health and Safety Executive (Walsall Magistrates' Court)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, s. 2(1)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 18 Feb 2026
Original amount 750,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Feb 2026.
- Forging company fined over death of employee entangled in lathe Press release of an authority
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31 Dec 2025 C2MAC Group, Fonderie De Riccardis, Zanardi Fonderie u. a. (Gießereikartell, 12 Unternehmen und Assofond)Italy: 70 million EUR against 16 foundries and the association Assofond over price index cartel €70m
From 2004 to June 2024, foundries coordinated their pricing strategies via the association Assofond: they exchanged sensitive information and developed joint indexation mechanisms ("Assofond indicators") in order to push through price increases including margins. The AGCM imposed fines of 70 million EUR (maximum around 600 million EUR), taking the crisis in the sector into account as a mitigating factor. Addressees: C2MAC Group, Fonderia Corrà, Fonderie De Riccardis, Fonderie Guido Glisenti/Lead Time, Pilenga Baldassarre/E.F. Group, Fonderie Mora Gavardo/Camozzi Group, Zanardi Fonderie, VDP Fonderia, Fonderie Ariotti, Ironcastings, Fonderia Zardo, ZML Industries/Cividale, Assofond.
Joint price indices within an association are only permissible if they do not enable coordination of margins or prices – metalworking companies should have their association activities accompanied by competition law advice.
Association indices and price adjustment clauses as a coordination tool
- Authority / court
- Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM)
- Area of law
- Competition law · Cartels and collusion
- Legal basis
- Art. 101 AEUV
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- The severe crisis in the foundry sector was taken into account in setting the fines
- Published
- 31 Dec 2025
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17 Dec 2025 Beausite Métal inc.Beausite Métal: 40,000 CAD because PCB equipment was not disposed of despite an order €24,745
The metal recycler in Val-des-Sources had received an environmental protection compliance order to dispose of and destroy PCB-contaminated equipment. At a follow-up inspection in May 2024, the equipment was still on the site; the company pleaded guilty under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA 1999) and was fined 40,000 CAD.
Regulatory orders need an owner and a date in the calendar – non-compliance is a separate offence.
- Authority / court
- Court of Québec (Anklage: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 18 Dec 2025
Original amount 40,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 17 Dec 2025.
- Beausite Métal inc. fined $40,000 for failing to comply with an environmental protection compliance order Press release of an authority
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5 Dec 2025 FMP West Midlands LimitedMetal polishing firm: fine after crush injury on unguarded tube polishing machine €27,501
While feeding a tube polishing machine that had no guarding and defective rollers, an employee's hand was drawn into the machine; one finger was partially severed and two others were crushed. The business had not prevented access to dangerous machine parts. Fine of £24,000 plus costs.
In-running nips on rollers must be protected by fixed guards; defective machines must be taken out of service, not kept running.
- Authority / court
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (Anklage: Health and Safety Executive)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Regulation 11(1) Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 8 Dec 2025
Original amount 24,000 GBP, converted at the ECB reference rate of 5 Dec 2025.
- Metal polishing company fined after employee's hand crushed in machinery (HSE) Press release of an authority
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24 Jul 2025 Metex Heat Treating Ltd.Heat treatment firm Metex: CA$144,000 after flash fire during furnace start-up €89,949
When restarting a hardening furnace (hydrogen and oil quench bath) that had been shut down for weeks, residual vapours ignited because too much time elapsed between the nitrogen purge and ignition; two workers were seriously injured. Only one was wearing flame-resistant clothing; the other had not been provided with any. Fine of CA$144,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Infrequently performed tasks such as restarting equipment require fixed step-by-step procedures and complete protective equipment for everyone involved.
Start-up procedures for industrial furnaces; protective clothing
- Authority / court
- Ontario Court of Justice Brampton (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(2)(h) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 21 Aug 2025
Original amount 144,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 24 Jul 2025.
- Brampton Company Fined $144,000 After Furnace Explosion Injures Workers (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
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22 May 2025 Brunner Manufacturing & Sales Ltd. (Tecna Forge)Forge Tecna Forge: fatal fall during first-time press maintenance – CA$220,000 €140,306
In 2023, two employees of the forge in Niagara Falls removed a spacer from a press for the first time; instead of the guide bolts prescribed in the manual, they used makeshift steel bolts and left the piston assembly, weighing around 1.25 t, hanging from the crane. The load swung out, and a worker fell to the ground with it and died. The company had not informed the employees of the dangers of deviating from the operating manual; fine of CA$220,000 plus victim fine surcharge.
Maintenance tasks performed for the first time require instruction based on the manufacturer's manual – improvising with heavy loads ends in fatalities.
Working in accordance with the operating manual on infrequent maintenance tasks
Missing or inadequate training played a role in the decision.
- Authority / court
- Provincial Offences Court Welland (Ermittlung: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Section 25(2)(d) Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ontario)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 20 Jun 2025
Original amount 220,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 May 2025.
- Niagara Falls Manufacturer Fined $220,000 Following Workplace Fatality (Ontario Newsroom, Court Bulletin) Press release of an authority
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10 Feb 2025 EPPO freezes assets: Chinese stainless steel declared as Korean Order
In 110 imports via a customs agency in Ferrara, two companies are alleged to have declared stainless steel coils from China as being of South Korean origin, thereby evading almost 2.4 million EUR in additional duty under the 2019 EU anti-dumping regulation; 60 further imports by one of the companies using the same method involve around 950,000 EUR. At the request of the Bologna office of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), assets totalling more than 3.3 million EUR were frozen; searches took place in Ferrara, Varese, Milan and La Spezia.
False origin declarations for steel subject to anti-dumping duties are prosecuted across borders by the EU prosecutor – with asset freezes already at the investigation stage.
Origin declarations for steel imports and liability of management
- Authority / court
- Europäische Staatsanwaltschaft (EPPO), Büro Bologna
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- EU-Antidumpingverordnung von 2019 (Edelstahlcoils aus China); Hinterziehung von Einfuhrzöllen
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Liability of senior managers
- Those responsible at the companies are alleged to have certified the South Korean origin.
- Published
- 10 Feb 2025
- EPPO: Italy – EPPO seizes €950 000 in probe into import of stainless steel coils (10.02.2025) Press release of an authority
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3 Feb 2025 Customs investigators: machinery manufacturer allegedly declared Indian steel as British Incident
From March 2021, a machinery manufacturer from the Rhein-Neckar district is alleged to have declared steel products worth more than 2.9 million EUR as being of British origin in more than 100 customs clearances, although the steel came from India and was only imported via the UK; correctly, 25% higher import duties would have been payable. In December 2024, the Stuttgart customs investigation office (Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart), acting on behalf of the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO), searched business premises in Germany and at the British seller; the damage is estimated at several hundred thousand euros.
For steel, the actual origin determines the customs burden – check supplier declarations from intermediaries for plausibility.
Preferential and origin rules when buying steel via intermediaries
- Authority / court
- Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart im Auftrag der Europäischen Staatsanwaltschaft (EPPO)
- Area of law
- Sanctions and export control · Customs
- Legal basis
- Verdacht der Steuerhinterziehung (Einfuhrabgaben nach EU-Zollrecht, falsche Ursprungsangaben)
- Action
- Incident without known action
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 3 Feb 2025
- Zollfahndungsamt Stuttgart: Verdacht der Steuerhinterziehung bei der Einfuhr von Stahl (03.02.2025) Press release of an authority
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15 Jan 2025 Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry Co., Ltd.UFLPA list: zinc producer Xinjiang Zijin Zinc Industry added Order
The U.S. Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force (FLETF) listed the mining company from Kizilsu Prefecture on two grounds: for working with the Xinjiang government on the recruitment and transfer of persecuted groups, and for sourcing material from Xinjiang. The company's goods are therefore presumed to have been produced with forced labour on import into the US unless the importer rebuts this.
Metal processors should know the smelters and mines of their upstream suppliers and screen them against the UFLPA Entity List.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force)
- Area of law
- Supply chain and human rights · Forced and child labour
- Legal basis
- Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, Section 2(d)(2)(B)(ii) und (v)
- Action
- Order
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Published
- 15 Jan 2025
- Federal Register: Notice Regarding the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List (15.01.2025) Official register or notice
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13 Jan 2025 Rio Tinto Fer et Titane inc.Rio Tinto Fer et Titane: 2 million CAD fine for nickel-bearing and acidic mine effluent €1.36m
At the Lac Tio mine near Havre-Saint-Pierre, there were nickel exceedances in 2023 after severed power cables disabled the effluent treatment, untreated acidic discharges in the summer, and a failure to take samples after an unauthorised discharge. The company pleaded guilty to eight counts and is paying 2 million CAD into the Environmental Damages Fund.
Failures of effluent treatment must be covered by emergency plans and documented through the required sampling.
Sampling and monitoring obligations after malfunctions
- Authority / court
- Court of Québec (Ermittlungen: Environment and Climate Change Canada)
- Area of law
- Environment and sustainability · Waste and hazardous substances
- Legal basis
- Fisheries Act, Subsection 36(3); Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- unknown
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Mitigating circumstances
- Guilty plea.
- Published
- 14 Jan 2025
Original amount 2,000,000 CAD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 13 Jan 2025.
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22 Nov 2024 Jindal Tubular USA LLCPipe mill Jindal Tubular: $442,815 settlement after fatal pipe collapse €425,293
In January 2024, insecurely stacked steel pipes weighing around 900 kg fell at the plant in Bay Saint Louis (Mississippi); a 25-year-old died and a 20-year-old lost both legs. In a settlement with the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the manufacturer of large steel pipes is paying $442,815 and must implement external safety consultants, monthly audits, safety professionals on every shift and three years of accident reporting; there had been 46 OSHA citations in five years.
Storage of heavy steel products requires binding stacking rules and exclusion zones – and repeated citations lead to far-reaching conditions.
- Authority / court
- U.S. Department of Labor – Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- Area of law
- Health and safety and employment law · Workplace safety and accidents
- Legal basis
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; 29 CFR 1910 (Maschinenschutz, Absturzsicherung, brennbarer Staub u. a.)
- Action
- Fine
- Status of proceedings
- final
- Sector
- Steel and metals
- Employees
- 250 to 999
- Repeat case
- yes
- Published
- 22 Nov 2024
Original amount 442,815 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 22 Nov 2024.
Checked against the official source on 25 Sep 2026 · Direct link