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Shifang, some people worry that molybdenum-copper project affecting the environment lead to mass incidents at 10:07 on July 3, 2012
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Deyang, Sichuan News Network July 3 news (reporter Chen Si) July 2, for fear of Shifang City, Sichuan Hongda molybdenum deep processing of copper-polymetallic resource utilization project caused environmental pollution problems, the local part of the masses to Shifang Municipal government aggregation, and gradually evolved into mass incidents.

The Molybdenum crucible-copper project is the National Wenchuan earthquake major support industrial development and revitalization projects in Sichuan "Twelfth Five Year Plan" key project, a total investment of hundreds of billions of Sichuan, major industrial projects, examined and approved by the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in June 29, 2012 in Shifang held a groundbreaking ceremony.

Before and after the ceremony, there are a few users on the project environmental issues discussions. July 1st evening 19:00 or so, some people in Shifang Municipal HTC Square near the entrance and gathering, requiring cessation of the project. The propaganda and explanation and persuasion, that night 24 o'clock, gathered all the people dispersed.

July 2 morning, after another people to Shifang Municipal Government gathered in front against the molybdenum-copper project, a few members of the public agitation, forced to break through cordon to enter the municipal authorities, smashing windows and lobby 8, 3 billboards, four promotional display panels. By the local party committee and government leaders and field staff patiently grooming, most onlookers have left, but there are still a few people to continue to gather congestion. Around 13:30 pm, the scene gradually increasing crowds in individuals instigate, incite, the minority community impact municipal authorities again forced the door to the police vigilance task being performed and office workers throwing pots, water bottles, miscellaneous material, resulting in more than police injured site, nearly official vehicles damaged to varying degrees, the door was pushed organs, damage, seriously affecting the social stability and organs normal office order. Police on duty and the staff has always maintained restraint, insist on playing does not fight back, reviled not. In order to prevent deterioration of the situation, causing more serious consequences, at 14 am, police were forced to perform vigilance tasks take measures against radical groups to be dispelled. In the dispersal process, several thousand people suffered minor injuries, were promptly transferred to hospital for treatment.