Gold company 'responded quickly to contamination'

By Wei Tian and Cheng Yingqi | China Daily | Updated: 2010-07-14 07:54

Workers on Tuesday clean up a toxic copper spill in the Tingjiang River, a major waterway in Longyan of Fujian province. Pollution from the Zijinshan Copper Mine contaminated the river, leading to the poisoning of up to 1,890 tons of fish. Wang Dongming / China News Service

SHANGHANG, Fujian - The country's top gold producer defended its handling of a toxic spill that killed off vast numbers of fish, saying heavy rains were to blame, as the company's shares slumped.