In a strong vote with 566 in favor and 8 against the European Parliament has reiterated its call to the European Commission to ban the use of cyanide-based mining in the European Union as soon as possible.
The European Parliament yesterday voted a resolution on the implementation of the Mining Waste Directive (2006/21/EC). It regulates waste management in the extractive industries and was initially adopted eleven years ago, in consequence of the tragic cyanide accident at a gold mining processing site in Baia Mare/Romania in 2000.
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