June 09, 2015 at 12:28 | Mining | Ararat | Vayots dzor
Travertine mine is developed in Urtsasar, which is the birthplace of Armenian moufflon and habitat of red-listed species, as Eleonora Gabrielyan, Dr. in Biological Sciences, Professor, said
June 02, 2015 at 15:32 | Mining | Vayots dzor
On 29 May the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan took part in the opening ceremony of “EcoFarm” LLC in Gndevaz Village. This livestock complex is designed for cattle breeding and production of raw milk and cheese. The complex is
June 01, 2015 at 14:24 | Mining | Vayots dzor
We will consider this statement from the position of Lydian’s main shareholders, EBRD and International Finance Corporations (IFC). The question is that Lydian President most probably hurried to make such a statement
May 20, 2015 at 13:39 | Officials | Vayots dzor
The Nature Protection Minister Aramayis Grigoryan expressed his position in his interview with EcoLur on issuing a positive environmental expertise opinion on Amulsar open pit gold mining project. He particularly
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 15, 2015 at 16:13 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
We are presented the photos taken on 14 May from the protest demonstration held at the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The protesters were
May 14, 2015 at 19:12 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
On 14 May protest demonstration were held in Tbilisi against the construction of Paravani, Shuahevi, Dariali and Nenskra HPPs near the place of Annual Meeting of European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. “EBRD! No funding for HPP Risks!”, “Dariali killed 10! Who’s next?”: the activists
May 14, 2015 at 16:32 | Officials | Vayots dzor
On 14 May the Armenian Government made a resolution to add 1.3932 ha of area within the administrative borders of Dilijan Town to "Dilijan National Park" SNCO on unlimited and gratis principles
May 14, 2015 at 12:32 | SOS | Vayots dzor
Jermuk is beating an alarm signal: trees are being felled down in the downtown. According to the worried citizens, an area is cleaned up for constructing garages.
May 11, 2015 at 14:33 | Mining | Vayots dzor | Yerevan
As Mr. Folen left the room without waiting for the reply to the allegations addressed to Inga Zarafyan, EcoLur has to submit reply comments in writing
May 08, 2015 at 17:12 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Lydian International Limited Company registered in offshore zone, British Jersey Island, published a press release, which says there is a possible significant reduction in operating costs of up to $100 million over the life of mine. It turns out this opportunity was granted
May 06, 2015 at 16:14 | Mining | Vayots dzor
The Administrative Court has partially turned down the claim issued against Amulsar open pit mining project and construction of a heap leach facility
April 27, 2015 at 19:07 | SOS | Vayots dzor
At night of April 26 a bear got into Taratumb village, Vayots Dzor Region and damage the bee
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
April 14, 2015 at 18:43 | Biodiversity | Ararat | Kotayk | Syunik | Vayots dzor
WWF Armenia launches a new project on creation of eco-corridors that will connect the specially protected areas. The first corridor will run from Arevik National Park to Khosrov reserve. It will include
April 10, 2015 at 16:02 | Mining | Gegharkunik | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The environmental expertise of Amulsar gold mining project developed by “Geoteam” CJSC has been carried out with a number of violations of the Armenian legislation.
April 03, 2015 at 15:05 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Amulsar open pit gold mining project and the construction of a heap leach facility caused litigation in court. Reminder: the project is implemented by Lydian International with the financial support of IFC, International Finance
April 03, 2015 at 14:07 | Mining | Vayots dzor
To wrap-up the discussion of cyanide and to dispel the doubts on the “million tons” used in Amulsar, we’d like to say that IN TOTAL only 1.1 million tons of sodium cyanide annually is produced all over the world, with only 6% of this used in the mining industry worldwide. The remaining 94% is used in production of
