[romania_eu_list] Minister calls Romania's gold mine risky venture

[Vali Nas]

Minister 
calls Romania's gold mine risky venture02 Aug 2006
bbj.hu

Hungary maintains its position that the gold 
mine planned to be opened in Rosia Montana, west Romania, would pose a major 
risk to the environment, Minister of Environment Miklós Persányi told Romanian 
Ambassador in Budapest Ireny Comaroschi on Tuesday. The minister appreciated 
that Romania, in line with the related international agreement, supported the 
environmental impact study initiated by Hungary. Once opened, the precious 
metals mine will use an environmentally hazardous cyanide leaching technology to 
extract over 300 tonnes of gold and 1,600 tonnes of silver. The project has 
triggered strong protest in Hungary as another Romanian gold mine using a 
similar technology near Baia Mare (Nagybánya), in north-west Romania, caused an 
environmental disaster, wiping out wildlife along Hungary's eastern waterways in 
2000. Persányi said it would be better even for Romania if the project were 
never realized. He said Hungary would like to prevent transboundary 
environmental effects and another cyanide catastrophe like the one caused by the 
Baia Mare mine. The ambassador, who initiated the meeting to discuss bilateral 
environmental cooperation, said the environmental impact study had not yet been 
completed so the Romanian government had not yet adopted a position on the 
project. The ambassador said the Romanian government would organise public 
hearings to get acquainted with the position of all parties concerned. One of 
the hearings will take place in Szeged, south-east Hungary, in late August, she 
said. Previous tests showed that pollution in the rivers is far higher than any 
set numbers in the regulations. During a UN mission they found foe example cyan 
in the lake Aurul 6-800 times more than the limit number, which is 100 in 
Hungary, but 25 and 10 in river Rhone ant in Romania. (MTI, 
rec.org)
 

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Vali
An 
aristocratic title is not enough to ensure a noble behaviour.  A person's 
greatness comes from acknowledging the mistakes and agreeing to correct 
them.
"When 
the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." (Jimi 
Hendrix)
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