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Thousands protest Romania gold mine plans
More than 15,000 Romanians took to the streets for the eighth straight day Sunday to protest a Canadian company's plans to open Europe's largest gold mine in a picturesque Transylvanian village.
Canadian firm Gabriel Resources hopes to extract 300 tonnes of gold in Rosia Montana in the Carpathian mountains with mining techniques requiring the use of thousands of tonnes of cyanide.
In Bucharest, around 8,000 people marched or rode their bikes to the government headquarters chanting "United we can save Rosia Montana."
"We are calling on the government to withdraw this draft law without delay," said Tudor Trif, a 29-year-old engineer marching alongside his wife and son.
"We cannot bequeath to our children a lake full of cyanide and a polluted region," he told AFP, referring to the huge tailings lake where used water from the gold mine will be stored.
"It's the first time that young Romanians rally against a project threatening the environment, I find it quite encouraging," singer Mihaela Mihai, 66, told AFP.
http://www.france24.com/en/20130908-thousands-protest-romania-gold-mine-plans
Canadian firm Gabriel Resources hopes to extract 300 tonnes of gold in Rosia Montana in the Carpathian mountains with mining techniques requiring the use of thousands of tonnes of cyanide.
In Bucharest, around 8,000 people marched or rode their bikes to the government headquarters chanting "United we can save Rosia Montana."
"We are calling on the government to withdraw this draft law without delay," said Tudor Trif, a 29-year-old engineer marching alongside his wife and son.
"We cannot bequeath to our children a lake full of cyanide and a polluted region," he told AFP, referring to the huge tailings lake where used water from the gold mine will be stored.
"It's the first time that young Romanians rally against a project threatening the environment, I find it quite encouraging," singer Mihaela Mihai, 66, told AFP.
Romanians protest against mining project
It is the gold rush many Romanians do not want, despite the government granting the project National Interest status last week, and preparing a draft law.
For 15 years Canada’s Rosia Montana mining company has been trying to massively expand old Roman gold mines and use 12,000 tonnes of cyanide a year to extract the estimated 300 tonnes of gold and 1,500 tonnes of silver hidden underground. Sunday was a day, and night, of national protests.
“This law breaks constitutional laws. It breaks property laws for the people in Rosia Montana, heritage laws and clean environment laws,” said artist Mihnea Blidariu.
Bundled into the law is a project by Chevron to explore the use of the controversial fracking mining technique to extract gas.
http://www.euronews.com/2013/09/02/romanians-protest-against-mining-project
For 15 years Canada’s Rosia Montana mining company has been trying to massively expand old Roman gold mines and use 12,000 tonnes of cyanide a year to extract the estimated 300 tonnes of gold and 1,500 tonnes of silver hidden underground. Sunday was a day, and night, of national protests.
“This law breaks constitutional laws. It breaks property laws for the people in Rosia Montana, heritage laws and clean environment laws,” said artist Mihnea Blidariu.
Bundled into the law is a project by Chevron to explore the use of the controversial fracking mining technique to extract gas.
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