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Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Balkans gold rush prompts pollution fears

With no previous experience in mining, the company plans to extract 300 tonnes of gold using 12,000 tonnes of cyanide a year.
It also promises a shower of benefits for Romania's economy, including 2,300 jobs in the construction phase and up to 900 during the 16 years the mine operates.
Projects don't 'solve the region's social and economic problems'
But four mountains will be levelled and environmentalists and archeologists warn against major pollution risks and irreversible damage to unique Roman-era mining galleries
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130924/balkans-gold-rush-prompts-pollution-fears

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