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[Lighter Footstep] This controversy has been simmering for years, with a Canadian company pushing for the right to mine Rosia Montana's vast gold and silver reserves, thought to be the largest in Europe. A coalition of local residents, scholars, environmentalists and others has kept the miners at bay, but now —
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[News for you] Romanian presidential aide resigns over gold mine | News for you: resigned citing differences of opinion over a controversial gold mining project in Transylvania. Peter Eckstein Kovacs says Thursday he strongly opposes the Rosia Montana gold mining project, which he calls bad business and ecologically damaging.
[Business Heds Index] Gold mine plans divide one Transylvanian town - seattlepi.com: With the precious metal at an all-time high, a Canadian company is eager to start blasting out mountains and demolishing parts of this ancient town to build an open-cast mine where 300 tons of gold and 1,600 tons of silver are buried. The plan, which would use cyanide in the extraction process, faces fierce opposition from ecologists and many locals who want to preserve the region's unique heritage. Photo: Nicolae Dumitrache / AP
[Rocket News] Gold mine plans divide one Transylvanian town (AP) | Stock Market ...: Canada’s Rosia Montana Gold Corp., set up by a consortium of investors specifically to exploit the gold, says it will be careful to preserve the environment, and is committed to paying villagers compensation and investing in the restoration of historical monuments, including Roman galleries.
[Examiner RSS] Gold mine plans divide one Transylvanian town | The Associated ...: With the precious metal at an all-time high, a Canadian company is eager to start blasting out mountains and demolishing parts of this ancient town to build an open-cast mine where 300 tons of gold and 1,600 tons of silver are buried. The plan, which would use cyanide in the extraction process, faces fierce opposition from ecologists and many locals who want t
[Romania News Watch] Romania News Watch: Gold mine plans divide one Transylvanian ...: Romania had one of the worst cyanide spills in 2000 when an estimated 100 tons of the lethal substance spilled from Romania into Hungary's Tisza River and the Danube, killing large numbers of fish in Hungary and Serbia in what was considered one of the worst environmental disasters of recent times.
[Recent Business News] Gold mine plans divide 1 Transylvanian town: Canada’s Rosia Montana Gold Corp., set up by a consortium of investors specifically to exploit the gold, says it will be careful to preserve the environment, and is committed to paying villagers compensation and investing in the restoration of historical monuments, including Roman galleries.
[alberto] alberto - Romanian leader backs controversial gold mine (AP): Romania's president said Monday he supports a controversial gold mining project in western Transylvania, but protesters said it could cause an environmental disaster. President Traian Basescu said during a visit to the .
[Recent Business News] Gold mine plans divide one Transylvanian town: says its chief executive has resigned as Canadian regulators investigate fraud allegations against the Hong Kong-based company following claims it exaggerated the size of its forest holdings in China. Three other employees were temporarily suspended, said a company statement released Sunday in Canada, where its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
[Artesia News] Correction: Romania-Transylvanian Gold story « Artesia News: 21 story about a planned gold mine in Transylvania, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the mine will employ 150 people. Dragos Tanase, the managing director of Rosia Montana Gold Corp., says the mine will employ 880 people once it is fully operational.
[alextimmerm3] Gold mine plans divide one Transylvanian town « alextimmerm3: 14, 2011, a woman walks past an old building in the Transylvanian mining city of Rosia Montana, Romania. With the precious metal at an all-time high, a Canadian company is eager to start blasting out mountains and .
[News for you] Romanian leader supports Transylvania's mining project | News for you: They have also criticized the gold-extracting process for using cyanide. Rosia Montana says it will be careful to preserve the environment .
[Bullfax.com - Market News & Analysis] Gold mine plans divide 1 Transylvanian town | www.bullfax.com: Opponents of a Canadian gold mine project in a Romanian village on Saturday called on the Romanian culture ministry to save a threatened ancient site in the area."The universal value of the Rosia Montana site and especially of the Roman mining tunnels of the Carnic mountains has been acknowledged by numerous specialists around the world," local NGO Alburnus Maior said."Issuing an archaeological discharge certificate would lead to the destruction of the site and would seriously alter this cultural heritage," the NGO added.
[The Olympian Online -- Entertainment Wire] Rare find discovered amid town's Old West kitsch - Entertainment ...: Janna Norby, the Montana Heritage Commission curator who received the call from Copperfield's assistant, said it was in the ballpark of $2 million, along with a proposal to replace it with another fortune-telling machine. On top of that, he pledged to promote Virginia City in advertisements.
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