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Annually 681,100 cum wastewater is annually dumped into the water resources of the Voghji River basin because of mining activities. “Zagezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine” CJSC developing Qajaran copper and molybdenum mine annually dumps 473,000 cum industrial wastewater. “Dundee Precious Metals Kapan” CJSC annually dumps 208,100 cum industrial wastewater into the Norashenik River, as Beniamin Zaqaryan said when presenting “Action Plan Aimed to Achieve Desirable State of Meghri River” program in the frames of UNDP “Clean Energy and Water” program.
Besides industrial wastewater, the waste dumps occupying an area of 23 ha owned by Zangezour Copper and Molybdenum Combine and an area of 14 ha owned by “Dundee Precious Metals Kapan” company, as well as the areas of the tailing dumps needing reclaiming – 18 ha in Voghji and 3 ha in Pkhrout, also have their adversary effect on the Voghji River basin.
March 20, 2015 at 15:35