麻豆社

Plans to build a metal waste refinery have been approved amid hundreds of objections from local residents.

Kaug Refinery Services Ltd (KRS) wants to move its factory from Birmingham to the Moons Moat industrial estate in Redditch, Worcestershire.

After operating in Birmingham for more than 40 years, the company sought to relocate partly to avoid the city's clean air zone costs.

More than 600 residents had objected to the plans, stating pollution concerns.

Planning permission for the site was given the green light by Worcestershire County Council's planning committee on Tuesday.

KRS recovers and refines precious metals from waste, including hazardous industrial materials, such as cyanide solutions and acids.

The company's plan will see an existing industrial unit converted for smelting and chemical recycling.