September 26, 2014 at 16:00 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
Despite the volume of the documentation – 440 pages of the EIA, 25 appendices and closed mining project, the EIA doesn’t reflect real risks for health and environment, while the public
September 02, 2014 at 16:41 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
At the public hearings on Amulsar project held in Gndevaz community, Vayots Dzor Region, on 25 August the representative of German KfW Bank
September 01, 2014 at 13:58 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
here we have to understand why the company is willing to make such expenses to develop this mine with low concentration
August 30, 2014 at 14:56 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
employees of the Information Center replied that no problems have arisen during 6-7 years of their operation. As one of the participants Karen Barseghyan, a Gndevaz villager said, the villagers intend to address a letter to one of the main shareholders of the company – the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, demanding to stop the funding of the project. The signature collecting has
August 29, 2014 at 13:39 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
A villager, “Do you know where Amulsar is? Have you been there?... Sitting at home you wrote a tautology, you didn’t answer my question, eventually you must understand that people are living here, thousands of living creatures, children, elderly people, how can you stand the rocket?
August 28, 2014 at 16:55 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
After the cameras were placed, the village head told the villagers opposing to the mining project, “After negotiating with the government and different meeting, I understood one thing, the mine
August 28, 2014 at 15:20 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
The Youth from Gndevaz Village Organizing Protest Demonstration against Amulsar Project
August 27, 2014 at 12:25 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor | Yerevan
At the press conference held on 26 August at “EcoLur” Press Club Gndevaz villager, journalist Tehmine Yenoqyan, Pan-Armenian Environmental Front member Levon Galstyan and “EcoLur” Informational NGO President Inga Zarafyan expressed their opinions on Amulsar gold mining project and the construction of the heap leach plant. Gndevaz Village head and several villagers also attended the press conference
August 26, 2014 at 08:43 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Gndevaz villager were angry with the fact though the hearings were held in Gndevaz Village, where the heap leach plant will be constructed, there was no room in the hall for Gndevaz villagers even to stand
August 25, 2014 at 14:57 | Amulsar | Yerevan
On 26 August, at 12:00, EcoLur Press Club will host Gndevaz villager, journalist Tehmine Ynoqyan, Pan-Armenian Environmental Front member Levon Galstyan and “EcoLur” Informational NGO President Inga Zarafyan, who will speak about the outcomes of
August 25, 2014 at 11:26 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
On 25 August, at 10:00 a.m., the public hearings of Amulsar gold mining project and EIA accountability held in Gndevaz Community, Vayots Dzor Region started with scandal. The project authors just started presenting the project, when a Gndevaz villager asked
August 11, 2014 at 14:34 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
The International Finance Corporation, IFC, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, have proceeded to the examination of the complaints on Amulsar
August 04, 2014 at 15:30 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
We also worked at Amulsar, the mine is not open yet, but we worked during the geoprospecting…For example, I took part in the geoprospecting in Amulsar for one year, I worked for Geoteam Company. They drilled thousands of wells, and whoever worked there had problems with their health. For example, I had
August 04, 2014 at 15:28 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Geoteam Company developing Amulsar gold mine in Gndevaz Village, Vayots Dzor Region, promises to examine the villagers’ complains and to take proper measures, as Geoteam
July 29, 2014 at 14:45 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Gndevaz Villagers, Vayots Dzor Region, has made a sensational statement, while their village is considered to be the foothold in Amulsar open pit mining. Geoteam Company
July 03, 2014 at 17:57 | Amulsar | Syunik | Vayots dzor
Hakob Sanasaryan, Chairman of Greens Union of Armenia, has addressed a letter to Thomas Lubeck, IFC Regional Manager for the South Caucasus in regard with Amulsar gold
June 24, 2014 at 13:18 | Amulsar
The IFC is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in huge mining projects despite their...
June 10, 2014 at 10:44 | Amulsar | Vayots dzor
On 8 June member of Republican Party Vardan Hovhannisyan was re-elected as Mayor of Jermuk resort town, he had...
