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The Nature Protection Ministry has dispatched the project of Meghradzor Gold Corporation on the construction of a cyanic plant in Meghradzor for the consideration of the Health Ministry. As the ministry

Meghradzor villagers and “NO to Cyanide in Meghradzor” civic initiative will organize a protest demonstration in front of the Armenian President’s seat to oppose to the construction of a cyanic plant in Meghradzor at 12:00 on 25 January. The application addressed to the President

The reply letter of the Culture Ministry to EcoLur says that the Culture Ministry of Armenia hasn’t received the construction project of a cyanic plant in Meghradzor for consideration. “The Culture Ministry of Armenia doesn’t possess any

A new civic initiative group “NO to Cyanide in Meghradzor” has been set up, which has launched the collection of signatures against the construction of a cyanic plant in Meghradzor. The circulated text says, “A cyanic plant is intended to

If they see on the map, that molybdenum, aluminum, iron is mined next to Tsaghkadzor, who will come here? Nobody and never…Who will assess losses? We will lose both the investments and working places. The government

The Health Ministry of Armenia intends to examine the environmental impact assessment documents on the project of cyanic plant construction submitted by “Meghradzor Gold” LLC. This is what the Health Ministry letter

The monitoring will be conducted by the end of the year, for example, the Supervisory Chamber Chairman has highlighted the examination of the Khosrov reserve to exclude any activities in the reserve, which will violate

As substantiation, we bring an extract from the article by Sh. Amiryan, A. Karapetyan entitled “Mineralogical-geochemical characteristics of Meghradzor gold mine ores”, Bulletin of Academy of Sciences of Armenian SSR, XVII, N2, 1964. “...The content of gold was established in ores in spectral manner from 0.03% to 0.1 %, silver – from 0.1% to 0.3%, mercury – 0.01%, arsenic – over 10%

Tezhsar nepheline-syenites are accompanied with uranium and other radioactive elements, nevertheless, the project of Tezhsar opencast mine development submitted for the opinion of the environmental expertise by “Alumina Corporation” LLC doesn’t say a word about these words

The department of Protection of State Interests of Public Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia has initiated a criminal case against the employees of “ArmForest” SNCO. The basis of the charge is that in 2009 they faked

Each mining company in Armenia considers it to be its duty to construct its own gold extraction plant. That’s why you can already 3 plants constructed in a tiny territory. Ararat gold extraction plant (Ararat Region) owned by GeoProMining Gold processes concentrate from Sotq gold ore and Meghradzor gold mine. Not far you can find

EcoLur thinks that the process of public discussions on these very projects passed into non-transparency stage, personal arrangements and high pressure on public and local villagers, which is fraught with high corruption risks and law violations. We call for Nature Protection Ministry and personally Minister Aram Harutyunyan

Suddenly a whole bulk of posts appeared, which used to be trees, among well-known Christmas trees of Hrazdan stretching along the whole highway of Hrazdan-Yerevan. You can count about 100 such stubs. You can understand by traces

Public representatives protested the fact of holding public hearings on 21 December on the project of Tezhsar nepheline-syenite mine by Alumina Corporation. The statement of the hearings is already the fourth. “Healthy Hrazdan” civic initiative

The second public hearings were held on the construction project of a new cyanic plant by “Meghradzor Gold” Company in Meghradzor Village on 17 December. As Hrazdan Aarhus Center Coordinator and member of “Healthy Hrazdan” civic initiative Zhora Arakelyan told EcoLur, the project developers

“Upon the instructions of the Police Chief, the routes of the patrol duty will be arranged in the territory of “Symphony of Stones” natural monument in such a way so that the monument will be always focused on and under control, the matter of setting up

New public hearings on the project of a cyanic plant in Meghradzor will be held on 17 December. Nevertheless, so far the public haven’t received the minutes of the public hearings held on 5 December or the full text. The website of Nature Protection Ministry displays only a part of the project concerning atmosphere pollution. EcoLur presents the video recording of the hearings (a bit reduced version) and some information about the cyanic project

The Public Relations Office of Nature Protection Ministry has informed EcoLur that Nature Protection Ministry has appointed Hrach Hovakimyan chargé d'affaires of "Khosrov Forest" State Reserve Directo