The cyanide-based technology that the investors plan to implement
poses significant risks for the environment. This technology threatens
to cause water pollution and endangers biological diversity on an even
worse scale than citizens of both Hungary and Romania have already
witnessed during the Baia Mare (Nagybánya) disaster in 2000.
This is why the Government of Hungary has declared at all kinds of
international forums that it finds the application of cyanide-based
technology unacceptable. As a Member of the European Parliament in 2010,
the current President of Hungary János Áder submitted a proposal to the
EP on banning the application of cyanide-based technology in gold
mining. Later, Speaker of the Parliament László Kövér and Prime Minister
Viktor Orbán both urged the prohibition of this technology when meeting
the European Commissioner for the Environment.
http://www.kormany.hu/en/ministry-of-foreign-affairs/news/hungary-has-grave-concerns-about-the-mining-project-in-ro-ia-montan-romania
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