June 02, 2015 at 15:32 | Amulsar | 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 | Amulsar | 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 | Amulsar | 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 | Amulsar | 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 11, 2015 at 14:33 | Amulsar | 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 | Amulsar | 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 | Amulsar | 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 15:23 | Amulsar | 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 10, 2015 at 16:02 | Amulsar | 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 | Amulsar | 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 | Amulsar | 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
March 26, 2015 at 17:38 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The problem is as follows: dust dissemination radius in Amulsar open pit mining EIA has been estimated and assessed up to 1 km, while the SIA plans to construct special hydrotechnical structures to prevent
March 26, 2015 at 17:27 | Amulsar | Gegharkunik | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The fact that open pit mining will be implemented in the drainage basin of Lake Sevan is already an undeniable legal ground to consider the possible impact on Lake Sevan substantiated and to recognize at least the communities adjacent
March 23, 2015 at 15:27 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
This time it’s Harutyun Movsisyan, PhD in Geological Sciences, Associate Professor, who submitted his assessment on the official website of Aarhus Centers, www.aarhus.am, which particularly says: “The EIA submitted by the company mentions heap leach facility with a capacity of 106 million tons and says nothing that this volume is wastes to be collected in the tailing dump, which needs technical conditions, special project
March 17, 2015 at 16:00 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
Lydian International Company is seeking to attract shareholders into the development of Amulsar gold mine Armenia. Lydian International Company presented Amulsar project at PDAC-2015 in Canada. The CEO of Lydian International Company Howard Stevenson stated
March 13, 2015 at 19:01 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
You mention that in the heap leach facility the PH of the sodium cyanide shall be 11 and over in order not to have hydrogen cyanide leak, the small amount of which is lethal. We would like to get clarifications how this process will be implemented in the area of 134 ha with 4 million tons of solution under temperature fluctuations from -30 to +30 degrees in the rain or snow or what
