May 19, 2011 at 14:30 | Mining | Kotayk | Vayots dzor
Amoulsar gold-polymetallic mine opencast development is also impermissible.
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May 18, 2011 at 12:09 | Nuclear Energy | Vayots dzor
In regard Amoulsar the article says that “Amoulsar demonstration of uranium is located 4 km to the south-west from Ketchout Village and 5 km to the north-west from the top of Ketchout mountain. The content of uranium varies in a wide range– from one thousandth to 0,5 %, with average content of 0,025–0,03 % for 5 more significant land areas.
April 27, 2011 at 11:40 | Mining | Vayots dzor
A unique case in the mining sphere of Armenia: “Lydian International” Mining Company set devices to measure radon in Gndevaz Community, Vayots Dzor Region. The company intends to proceed to the opencast development of Amulsar gold mine in 2012, while Gndevaz Village is located in the affected zone of this mine
April 22, 2011 | Mining | Vayots dzor
“Uranium is plenty. I worked near Vorotan-Arpa Tunnel for 7 months as a miner, there was radiation, just they didn’t want to tell us,”
April 20, 2011 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Jermuk is a resort of international significance. Whether Jermuk will remain a resort after Amoulsar opencast development or we should run a S.O.S. Jermuk campaign?
April 18, 2011 | SOS | Vayots dzor
Mkhitar Arshakyan, Chemistry and Biology Teacher at Secondary School in Gndevaz Village, doesn’t know where and to which organization out-of-date chemicals should be given to.
April 11, 2011 | Forest | Vayots dzor
Out of 2500 designed 1900 have already been planted in the surroundings of Yelpin, Chiva, Areni, Arpi and Getap Villages.
April 01, 2011 | Officials | Vayots dzor
National Assembly Deputy Sashik Sargsyan has nothing in common with the hydro power plant to be constructed on the Yeghegis, the tributary to the Arpa River.
March 30, 2011 | Forest | Aragatsotn | Armavir | Vayots dzor
On March 26 the territory adjacent to Ohanavan Village, Aragatsotn Region, was on fire. 6000 square meters of grass cover and 20 apple trees, co-owned by H. Poghosyan and G. Mirzoyan, has been burnt down.
March 29, 2011 | Water | Vayots dzor
The other day Shatin Villagers, Vayots Region, blocked the road to Regional Head Sergey Bagratyan. Under them Armenian President’s brother Sashik Sargsyan, Deputy from Republican Party, intends to construct a small hydropower plant on the Yeghegis River, a tributary to the Arpi River.
February 21, 2011 | Biodiversity | Vayots dzor
The project for arranging tourist routes in the so-called Mageli Cavern is underfulfilled, while public hearings can be considered only as preliminary discussions. This opinion was expressed by most participants for the project discussion on Mageli Caverni improvement submitted to environmental impact assessment of Inkar Company.
February 17, 2011 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Unfortunately, neither the information bulletin, nor the official website of Lidian International Company, 100% share owner of Geoteam Company, says what has been detected in these samples. But this is important, as one can suppose from the content of samples what will be emitted to environment, when opencast development of the mine starts.
February 04, 2011 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Opencast development of Amulsar gold mine parallel to negative impact on people’s health living nearby, first of all, can cause great damage to Jermuk Resort Town.
February 04, 2011 | Officials | Vayots dzor
The Nature Protection Ministry of Armenia qualifies the environmentalists'' statements that when calculating the damage caused to Jermuk park the Environmental Inspection deliberately pitched the fines too low as ungrounded.
February 02, 2011 | Mining | Vayots dzor
Another gold –bearing mine in Armenia, Amoulsar, will be developed in open-cast manner. Goeteam Company was issued the license for development which represents interest of Canadian Lidian International Company in Armenia.
January 28, 2011 | Cities | Vayots dzor
“Municipality’s statement, to say the least, is a lie. Only 2-3 poplars were damaged because of strong winds in Jermuk. Why was no representative from Nature Protection Ministry or an environmental NGO present during the recording of natural disaster consequences?”