Amulsar

Armenian Environmental Front (AEF) Civic Initiative, The Greens Union of Armenia, EcoLur, ‘Union for Sustainable Human Development’, ‘Jermuk Development Center’, ‘Environmental Academy’ NGOs have addressed an open letter to Armenian PM Karen Karapetyan and Nature Protection Minister Artsvik Minasyan calling for annulling the positive opinion

Now international acclaimed experts in the field have also joined Armenian experts and based on the proposal of the US-based Harout Bronozian, they presented results of three different expertises on this gold project. The results of these researches once again confirm the statement voiced for many years that gold project in Amulsar should not be launched since the assessment carried out by Lydian are extremely incomplete, while the government

The Ombudsman's Office of the International Finance Corporation, CAO/IFC (World Bank Group) sent the initial results of the audit on the complaint of incompliance of Amulsar open gold mining project with IFC standards, so as the IFC refused from funding the project. The complaint was submitted to CAO by two residents

The court proceedings on the consideration of professional opinions on Amulsar gold mine still continues at RA Administrative Court. The opinions are presented by the Plaintiffs - 12 residents of Gndevaz Community

Armenian PM Karen Karapetyan expressed an opinion on Amulsar gold mining project at the National Assembly that we won't have a violation of environmental standards. The question was

The Armenian Government granted another privilege to Lydian Armenia CJSC, which is going to develop Amulsar gold mine exempting the company from import duty

Amulsar gold mining project problems were raised at the annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) held in Cyprus on 9-11 May. Artur Grigoryan, Head of ‘Ecological Right’ NGO and a member of the civil society

RA Nature Protection Ministry is not a respondent on Amulsar case any linger, as Judge Karen Zarikyan said at the court

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of World Bank group, won't refuse from Amulsar project. Dimitris Tsitsiragos, IFC’s Vice President of New Business, informed in his letter addressed to civil society organizations that the ESIA of Amulsar project met

The Armenian Environmental Front is applying to the Board of Directors of the World Bank, COO and VPs of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) so as the IFC refuses from Amulsar Project and stops supporting it in any

The Armenian Government is going to grant privileges to 'Lydian Armenia' mining company, which plans to develop Amulsar gold mine in an opencast manner. At the meeting to

Judge Karen Zarikyan recorded at the moment the court doesn't find that the dispute has been exhausted on the merits of the case and the trial of the case is still

Karen Sahakyan expressed his concerns, it's rather hazardous to stay at home for his family members.

The Ministry for Emergency States received an alarm signal at 19:14 on 10 April that the wall of the granary (2 sq.m.) located on the first floor of a two-storey house at Street 5 in Gndevaz Community had collapsed

On 6 April Gndevaz villagers, Vayots Dzor Region, had a meeting with the representatives of state bodies and 'Lydian Armenia' Company to discuss the risks of Amulsar gold mining project and the construction of a heap leach

On 20 February 2017 the State Environmental Inspection called upon Tbilisi Court by lodging a claim against the Georgian subsidiary of 'Lydian International Company'. The Inspection claims that the company has violated Article 57/3 of the Administrative Code of Georgia by violating the terms of

At the meeting, Lydian’s new metallurgist showed the Gndevaz villagers a sideshow of the soon-to-be-built cyanide platform, insisting all the while that cyanide wastes

The plaintiff on Amulsar case demanded Amulsar gold mining project to undergo environmental impact expertise once again. The court hearing