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RA MINISTRY OF NATURE CONSERVATION GIVES THE LAST CHANCE TO KAPAN ORE MINING ENTERPRISE 'DINO GOLD MINING COMPANY'
arminfo
2008-04-03 15:18:00
ArmInfo. Kapan ore mining enterprise 'Dino Gold Mining Company',
which was multiply fiend for emission of toxins into the environment,
has been given the last warning notice.
RA Nature Conservation Minister Aram Harutyunyan told ArmInfo that
the enterprise is given a month deadline to operate the new Geghanush
tailings dam. The Company had to operate the indicated tailings
dam even in November, 2007, however, it has not yet fulfilled its
liabilities. According to the Project, the operation of the tailings
dam, drawn up by the SRI of Ore Mining, the wastes from the Company's
floatation plants will undergo mechanical refining and only after that,
the purified water will be discharged into Geghanush river.
Earlier, the Company's management was multiply brought to
administrative responsibility for illegal emissions of chemical wastes
into the nearest rivers. Thus, because of damaging the ecology of
Syunik village, the Company had to pay a fine of 10 mln drams to the
public treasury and 1 mln drams more were transferred to the budget
of Syunik village. The point is that "Dino Gold Mining Company" was
given the right to use the Arvanik tailings dam in Syunik. However,
because of non-fulfillment of its financial liabilities to the "owners"
of the tailings dam, Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Industrial Complex,
"Dino Gold Mining Company" was banned to use the Artsvanik tailings
dam. After that, the ecological expertise of Syunik region fixed a
leak of chemicals from the plants of "Dino Gold Mining Company".
The Company has recently announced about the structural reforms
at Kapan mines. Not specifying the amount, the Company announced
of its intention to invest several millions US dollars in the
reforms. Earlier, "Dino Gold Mining Company" invested $30 mln in the
production upgrading.
arminfo
2008-04-03 15:18:00
ArmInfo. Kapan ore mining enterprise 'Dino Gold Mining Company',
which was multiply fiend for emission of toxins into the environment,
has been given the last warning notice.
RA Nature Conservation Minister Aram Harutyunyan told ArmInfo that
the enterprise is given a month deadline to operate the new Geghanush
tailings dam. The Company had to operate the indicated tailings
dam even in November, 2007, however, it has not yet fulfilled its
liabilities. According to the Project, the operation of the tailings
dam, drawn up by the SRI of Ore Mining, the wastes from the Company's
floatation plants will undergo mechanical refining and only after that,
the purified water will be discharged into Geghanush river.
Earlier, the Company's management was multiply brought to
administrative responsibility for illegal emissions of chemical wastes
into the nearest rivers. Thus, because of damaging the ecology of
Syunik village, the Company had to pay a fine of 10 mln drams to the
public treasury and 1 mln drams more were transferred to the budget
of Syunik village. The point is that "Dino Gold Mining Company" was
given the right to use the Arvanik tailings dam in Syunik. However,
because of non-fulfillment of its financial liabilities to the "owners"
of the tailings dam, Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Industrial Complex,
"Dino Gold Mining Company" was banned to use the Artsvanik tailings
dam. After that, the ecological expertise of Syunik region fixed a
leak of chemicals from the plants of "Dino Gold Mining Company".
The Company has recently announced about the structural reforms
at Kapan mines. Not specifying the amount, the Company announced
of its intention to invest several millions US dollars in the
reforms. Earlier, "Dino Gold Mining Company" invested $30 mln in the
production upgrading.