14:27 July 27, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Սյունիք | Վայոց ձոր
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
16:07 July 25, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Սյունիք | Վայոց ձոր
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
15:16 June 28, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր | Երեւան
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
20:35 June 23, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
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
16:00 June 23, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
The Armenian Government granted another privilege to Lydian Armenia CJSC, which is going to develop Amulsar gold mine exempting the company from import duty
15:01 May 19, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Սյունիք | Վայոց ձոր
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
18:17 May 15, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
RA Nature Protection Ministry is not a respondent on Amulsar case any linger, as Judge Karen Zarikyan said at the court
18:40 May 10, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Սյունիք | Վայոց ձոր
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
12:34 April 25, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
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
16:52 April 19, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
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
13:24 April 19, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
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
14:20 April 11, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
Karen Sahakyan expressed his concerns, it's rather hazardous to stay at home for his family members.
12:37 April 11, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
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
13:06 April 10, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
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
12:05 April 10, 2017 | Ամուլսար
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
11:52 April 10, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
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
16:53 March 17, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
The plaintiff on Amulsar case demanded Amulsar gold mining project to undergo environmental impact expertise once again. The court hearing
16:09 March 15, 2017 | Ամուլսար | Վայոց ձոր
As Hayrapet Mkrtchyan informed EcoLur, three main questions will be discussed, “The first question is the proximity of the heap leach facility to us: the second is its impact on our
