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PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ARMANIS MINE EXPANSION AND OPEN PIT MINING
14:58 March 31, 2015
Stepanavan Aarhus Center Coordinator Manya Meliqjanyan, Aarhus.am
On 24 March public hearings were held in Armanis: the expansion of
Armanis gold-polymetallic mine by 70 ha and open pit mining were on
the agenda.
Stepanavan Municipality Staff Head Rostom Qocharyan mentioned that the
mine has been developed for around 10 years, nevertheless, Stepanavan
hasn't received any dram as environmental free. Armanis mine not only
harms development of tourism in Stepanavan, but also development of
husbandry and agriculture.
Stepanavan Aarhus Center Coordinator added that the company developing
Armanis gold-polymetallic mine regularly pollutes Dzoraget, dumps
toxic wastes in improper places, even in the yard of the school,
where children play on these wastes. The villagers complained that
each time they face the horror of the quake, when they feel the
shaking. They insisted they need land for cultivation and keeping
animals, thus they are not ready to provide any land areas for mining.
Karine Movsisyan and Vram Tevosyan from "Environmental Impact
Monitoring Center" SNCO of Nature Protection Ministry tried to calm
down the villagers and urged that the distance of the mine from
the village doesn't exceed sanitary standards. In reply to numerous
questions, the experts assured that at this stage there is no need
for EIA document.
http://ecolur.org/en/news/mining/public-hearings-on-armanis-mine-expansion-and-open-pit-mining/7176/
From: A. Papazian
14:58 March 31, 2015
Stepanavan Aarhus Center Coordinator Manya Meliqjanyan, Aarhus.am
On 24 March public hearings were held in Armanis: the expansion of
Armanis gold-polymetallic mine by 70 ha and open pit mining were on
the agenda.
Stepanavan Municipality Staff Head Rostom Qocharyan mentioned that the
mine has been developed for around 10 years, nevertheless, Stepanavan
hasn't received any dram as environmental free. Armanis mine not only
harms development of tourism in Stepanavan, but also development of
husbandry and agriculture.
Stepanavan Aarhus Center Coordinator added that the company developing
Armanis gold-polymetallic mine regularly pollutes Dzoraget, dumps
toxic wastes in improper places, even in the yard of the school,
where children play on these wastes. The villagers complained that
each time they face the horror of the quake, when they feel the
shaking. They insisted they need land for cultivation and keeping
animals, thus they are not ready to provide any land areas for mining.
Karine Movsisyan and Vram Tevosyan from "Environmental Impact
Monitoring Center" SNCO of Nature Protection Ministry tried to calm
down the villagers and urged that the distance of the mine from
the village doesn't exceed sanitary standards. In reply to numerous
questions, the experts assured that at this stage there is no need
for EIA document.
http://ecolur.org/en/news/mining/public-hearings-on-armanis-mine-expansion-and-open-pit-mining/7176/
From: A. Papazian