14:21 March 12, 2013 | Թափոններ
“EcoIravunq” NGO (“EcoRight”) has sent a letter to Public Prosecutor Aghvan Hovsepyan on crime commission, signed by NGO Chairman Arthur Grigoryan...
Waste
16:40 February 27, 2013 | Թափոններ
The BBC reports that the authorities of Washigton State, US, are concerned with the scales...
15:07 February 26, 2013 | Թափոններ
The government will issue a license to “Mobile TV” Company for the processing, detoxication...
17:59 January 22, 2013 | Թափոններ
On 22 January the kick-off meeting of "Elimination of Expired Pesticide Reserves and Decontaination of Areas Polluted with Persistent Organic Pollutants" program was
12:37 January 18, 2013 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
Public Environmental Alliance, an alliance of 50 NGOs, has addressed a letter to Armenian PM Tigran Sargsyan, which particularly says, “On 20.11.2012 the Public Environmental Alliance has
14:52 December 13, 2012 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
Nevertheless, the representatives of “Teghout Support” civic initiative have taken the samples from the soil in the areas cultivated by farmers, as well as those of tails and sent the samples for analysis to the Center for Ecological Noosphere Studies of NAS RA. The findings show that the tail samples contain
14:10 December 13, 2012 | Թափոններ
The statement of Nature Protection Ministry informs that the Global Environmental Fund, GEF, will allot 4.7 million USD for the program of elimination of expired pesticides, persistent organic
12:56 December 13, 2012 | Թափոններ | Սյունիք
The Norashenik River has turned into one of the most polluted rivers in Armenia due to the discharges of “refined” water from Artsvanik tailing dump…Meanwhile Norashenik is used for the irrigation
13:37 December 04, 2012 | Թափոններ | Երեւան
The Public Relations Department of Nature Protection Ministry informs that the issue of pesticides is focused by Nature Protection Ministry and the OSCE Office in Yerevan. On 3 December at the meeting
19:03 December 01, 2012 | Թափոններ | Սյունիք
A breakdown occurred at the tailing pipe of Geghanush tailing dump owned by Deno Gold Mining Company at approximately 07:30 on 1 December. The tails poured out into the Geghanush River, which
11:25 November 30, 2012 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
We present the details of the public hearings on the project of constructing a tailing dump by Mego Gold Company held in Meliq Village on 27 November
17:03 November 19, 2012 | Թափոններ | Սյունիք
On 15 November another breakdown occurred at the tailing pipe of Kapan Ore Processing Combine, which is owned by Deno Gold Mining
16:11 November 15, 2012 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
The Nature Protection Ministry didn’t deal with the environmental state of Tukhmanuk mine and adjacent
12:09 November 08, 2012 | Թափոններ | Երեւան
The project of “Armenian Molybdenum Production” LLC, “On Issuing Licenses for Processing, Neutralization, Preservation, Transportation and Disposal of Hazardous Wastes” will be discussed at the governmental meeting
13:02 November 07, 2012 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
The representative of MegoGold Company Henrikh Mkrtchyan proposed Meliq villagers to construct a reservoir on the waste deposit instead of reclaiming. This proposal was made in the course of
17:43 November 02, 2012 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
The villagers have several times complained of the violations and damage, that the heavy machinery owned by MegoGold Company destroys their roads. Nevertheless, competent officials didn’t pay
15:29 November 01, 2012 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
An interesting fact: one of the participants, Karen, who had declared about the company owing him money, over 500,000 AMD as a salary, is at the same time the shareholder of American 'Global Gold Mining' Company
17:35 October 29, 2012 | Թափոններ | Արագածոտն
The official website of Nature Protection Ministry informs that “MegoGold” LLC intends to construct a tailing dump in the territory of 7 ha in Meliq village (Aragatsotn Region), a 9-magnitude seismic zone. Public hearings on the tailing dump project will be held in the administration building of Meliq Village at 12:00 p.m. on 30 November