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BBC: The Hungarian government says it is working to prevent the bankruptcy of a company that was heavily fined over a major industrial accident last year.
The firm, MAL Zrt, was fined more than $650m (£412m) this week for damages caused by the red sludge disaster last October.
The alumina producer has announced it will appeal against the fine.
Ten people died and two villages and a town were heavily polluted when toxic waste material leaked from a reservoir.
MAL Zrt is under attack from all......
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Hungary ‘to prevent toxic sludge firm bankruptcy’
Posted by BBC: Nick Thorpe on September 16th, 2011
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