June 18, 2015 at 18:02 | Mining | Syunik
The National Assembly, with enthusiasm, discusses a business project, which is supposed to have multimillion-dollar investments. It is an unprecedented program that will comprehensively solve
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June 18, 2015 at 16:53 | Officials | Syunik | Vayots dzor | Yerevan
Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan received Howard Stevenson, President and CEO of British Lydian International, and discussed
June 10, 2015 at 18:33 | Mining | Gegharkunik | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Meanwhile dumps can’t be “temporarily hidden from rains” with water-proof mud pads, as the ground water will in any case have the oxidative drainage of tails into Sevan.
June 09, 2015 at 18:53 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Syunik-based “Union for Protection of Employees’ Rights” NGO President Arthur Ghazaryan has sent an enquiry to Nature Protection Minister Aramayis Grigoryan and “Lydian International” Company, which is
June 01, 2015 at 18:22 | Mining | Syunik
The public representatives in Syunik are opposing to conducting geoprospecting works in Khachaqar-Paravan polymetallic mine filed, as they expressed their approach
May 29, 2015 at 13:02 | Officials | Lori | Syunik | Tavush
Syunik, Lori and Tavush will implement a community optimalization project, as Territorial Administration and Emergency States Minister Armen Yeritsyan said at the press conference held on 26 May. ‘94% of Syunik residents, 64% Lori residents and 74% Tavush residents said
May 28, 2015 at 11:43 | Biodiversity | Syunik
In 2015 “Union of Workers’ Rights Protection” NGO realized a “Monitoring of social and environmental risks of the specially protected areas of nature in the south of Armenia”. In the framework of the project the following problems were detected:
May 21, 2015 at 17:31 | Officials | Syunik
The Urban Development Ministry gave its consent to this resolution, if normative distance of 300 meters is ensured between Chapni and Atchanan communities and the planned tailing dump
May 19, 2015 at 13:31 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The questions connected Amulsar open pit mining project and the construction of a heap leach facility in Armenia were raised at special session “EBRD Projects and Nature Recourses” held on 14 May. The session was organized in the frames of the EBRD Annual Meeting
May 13, 2015 at 16:40 | Officials | Syunik
The Armenian Government decided to make a law “Investment Program for Processing Industrial Dumps Accumulated and Accumulating Because of Activities of “Zangezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine” CJSC and accumulated and accumulating
May 07, 2015 at 14:02 | Mining | Syunik
the communities don’t know what the conservation regime of the specially protected areas is and which activities comply with the environmental legislation of Armenia
May 04, 2015 at 14:05 | Biodiversity | Syunik
“Arev&Jur” LLC plans to construct two SHPPs - "Kaputjugh" and "Qajarants" SHPPs in the area of “Zangezour” biospheric complex. Qajaran Village Head Rafik Atayan has a positive attitude towards the construction of
April 29, 2015 at 16:50 | Mining | Syunik
“AT-Metals” Armenian-Russian Joint Enterprise is not developing Meghrasar gold mine located in Syunik Region. As Tashtoun Community Head Henrik Gabrielyan informed Ecolur, the company was not able to apply the extraction technology
April 29, 2015 at 14:48 | Biodiversity | Syunik
On April 28 the kick-off meeting on establishing “Tatev” National Park and Biodiversity Preservation Community Models was held: the main aim of the project is to establish a national park in Tatev region, which will ensure the preservation
April 29, 2015 at 12:12 | Officials | Syunik
The Finance Ministry has responded to "Dundee Precious Metals Kapan" CJSC General Manager Hrach Jabrayan's statements. Information and Public Relations Department of the Ministry in its response sent
April 28, 2015 at 17:56 | Small HPPs, Energy | Syunik
“Arev&Jur” LLC is planning to construct "Kaputjugh" SHHP (length-8630 m) on the Kaputjugh tributary to the Voghji River in “Zangezour” state reserve included in "Zangezour Biospheric Complex". From the viewpoint of administrative
April 28, 2015 at 13:03 | Mining | Syunik
“Dundee Precious Metals Kapan” CJSC has issued a claim to court to appeal the fine of 3.8 billion AMD imposed by Finance Ministry, as General Manager Hrach Jabrayan said in his interview with
April 27, 2015 at 15:23 | Mining | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The CAO (Office of the Compliance Advisor Ombudsman) produced a compliance appraisal report on the complaint on Amulsar open pit mining project and the construction of a heal peach facility implemented by