Tag: Environmental
AKW neben dem Harbachtal (oder sonstwo)?
27.10.2009
Romania Newswatch berichtet: „Environmental group Greenpeace won a court case in Romania on Monday that could force the authorities there to make public a list of potential locations for the construction of a nuclear power plant. (…)“
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Dead and Buried: Gabriel’s EIA – Gabriel Resources pierde irevocabil in fata justitiei romane
**(**/English version below/)*
Centrul Independent pentru Dezvoltarea Resurselor de Mediu
Alburnus Maior
Comunicat de Presa*
/*Pentru Distribuire Imediata */
/*Gabriel Resources pierde irevocabil in fata justitiei romane*/
/Sentinta judecatoreasca irevocabila in cazul certificatului de urbanism
pentru Proiectul Rosia Montana /
/Cluj-Napoca; 27 martie 2008 /– Curtea de Apel Cluj (1) a respins ieri
in mod irevocabil recursul declarat de Consiliul Judetean Alba si Rosia
Montana Gold Corporation impotriva sentintei Tribunalului Cluj (2)^ prin
care s-a anulat certificatul de urbanism Nr. 78/ 26.04.2006^ (3).
Certificatul a fost eliberat de Consiliul Judetean Alba pe seama Rosia
Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC) pentru continuarea procedurii de
evaluare impactului asupra mediului (EIM). Actiunea in instanta a fost
promovata de catre Centrul Independent pentru Dezvoltarea Resurselor de
Mediu *(CIDRM)*^* * (4). Alburnus Maior a fost intervenient in acest caz.
Newsletter Roşia Montana
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This newsletter can also be seen on www.rosiamontana.ro
ROSIA MONTANA: Goldprojekt suspendiert!
Alburnus Maior, Greenpeace CEE and The Centre for Legal Resources (CRJ) are pleased to announce that following the suspension of the Urbanistic Certificate the Romanian minister for the Environment yesterday officially confirmed that the EIA procedure for the Rosia Montana EIA is suspended.
In june 2005 Alburnus Maior secured the suspension of the Urbanistic Certificate in a court case and the EIA procedure is suspended until Gabriel Resources submits a new and vaild Urbanistic Certificate.
ROSIA MONTANA: Hungary’s Green Movement and Members of the European Parliament protest against the Rosia Montana mine development
Rosia Montana/Romania; 15. March 2006 – Approximately 700 representatives of 240 Hungarian environmental organisations yesterday sent an open letter to Romania’s minister for the Environment in protest against the Rosia Montana gold mine proposal. This comes at a time when members of the European Parliament are reiterating their concerns regarding the development of the controversial gold mine proposal.
ROSIA MONTANA: “Green Light” for Gabriel’s Rosia Montana Project
For immediate release
Rosia Montana/ Romania; 8. July 2005 – Alburnus Maior is pleased to provide an update regarding the Rosia Montana project (RMGC); 80% owned by Gabriel Resources (TSX:GBU). The American miner Newmont (NTSE: NEM) in return holds a 10.8% stake in Gabriel Resources.
· Suspension of the Urbanism Certificate for RMGC’s Industrial Development Area
· Annulment of the Archaeological Discharge Certificate 4/2004
· No Archaeological Discharges for 2005
· No Exploration Activities
· Criminal Investigation into RMGC’s establishment
· The Rosia Montana Project, an obstacle to Romania’s EU Accession
· Finalization of the Environmental Impact Assessment
ROSIA MONTANA: Neue Pressemitteilung von Alburnus Maior
Return to Sender
Rosia Montana, 28. March 2005 – Alburnus Maior has come into the possession of a document that implies ‘APD’ (1), ‘GEC’ (2) and ‘CENTRAS’ (3), three Bucharest-based NGOs, in the monitoring of public participation for the permitting of the Rosia Montana mine development. The reason for drawing attention to this is that Alburnus Maior has clear indicators that this is a flawed monitoring project.
Gabriel Resources (‘Gabriel’), a junior Canadian mining company, intends to realize Europe’s largest opencast mining development in Rosia Montana (RMGC). It entails, amongst other, the involuntary resettlement of over 2000 people as well as the destruction of unique archaeological and natural sites. In December 2004 ‘Gabriel’ initiated the procedure to modify the Zoning Plan for the Rosia Montana Industrial Development area as well as the environmental impact assessment (EIA) procedure to obtain an environmental agreement for its mining project.
Representatives of APD, GEC and CENTRAS first appeared in Rosia Montana in RMGC cars in December 2004. Given that none of them explained their role in the public consultations, Alburnus Maior wrote to APD and CENTRAS to enquire about their mission. Since none of them replied, Alburnus Maior contacted them by phone. Cristian Pirvulescu, APD’s president stated during several conversations that his NGO had no project with regards to the Rosia Montana permitting procedure. Regarding CENTRAS it is interesting to note that Dan Petrescu, a founder of this NGO, now is RMGC’s director for permitting.
ROSIA MONTANA: Studie zu Ivestmentrisiken veröffentlicht
Alburnus Maior hat heute, gemeinsam mit elf weiteren rumänischen und internationalen NGOs, eine Studie zu den Goldtagebauplänen der Rosia Montana Gold Corporation vorgelegt. Anbei der englische Text der Pressemitteilung sowie die Studie Anticipating Surprise: Assessing Risk – Making sense of Gabriel’s intentions (230 kB) zum Download.
ROSIA MONTANA: „Sie werden das Gold nehmen und Zyanid zurücklassen“ – Premier Nastase äußert sich ablehnend zum RMGC-Projekt
Alburnus Maior hat eine Pressemitteilung zu jüngsten Äußerungen des rumänischen Premierministers, Adrian Nastase, herausgegeben. Nastase erklärte in einem Interview mit Alpha TV, daß der Goldabbau nichts zum Abbau der Armut im Lande beitragen würde. Hingegen würde das Gold abgebaut und dafür Zynaid zurückbleiben. Es folgt die Pressemitteilung im englischen Wortlaut.
ROSIA MONTANA: No mining project in Rosia Montana
Neueste Presseinformation von Alburnus Maior in englischer Sprache: Rosia Montana, Romania; 12. June 2004 – Speranta Ianculescu, the Romanian minister for the Environment and Miklos Persanyi, her Hungarian counterpart yesterday visited Rosia Montana. The scope of their visit was to find out whether there exists a gold mining project proposed by Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC). In particular, the delegation wished to find out more details about the operation’s current development stage.
ROSIA MONTANA: Drilling on RMGC’s last nerve
Rosia Montana, Romania; 16. April 2004 – As part of the procedures necessary for obtaining an environmental permit to commence 39 drillings in the Rosia Montana perimeter, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation (RMGC) yesterday afternoon organized a public consultation at the local town hall. It was attended by roughly 100 people. Members of Alburnus Maior attending the debate wore red clown noses; drawing to the illegality inherent to this puppet consultation. Given this and given the technical irregularities inherent to this proposed project, Alburnus Maior is determined to contest the environmental permit; that is if granted.
ROSIA MONTANA: Minus 110 Drilling Results
Alburnus Maior, der Verein der GegnerInnen des Goldminenprojekts in Rosia Montana, hat Ende März im Eilverfahren den Stop für mehr als hundert Bohrungen der Rosia Monatana Gold Corp. (RMGC) erreichen können. Lesen Sie hier die Presseerklärung in englischer Sprache des Vereins.
ROSIA MONTANA: Ungarischer Umweltminister verlangt Erklärung zur Entwicklung in Rosia
Der ungarische Umweltminister, Miklos Persányi, hat am 12.3. von der rumänischen Seite über das Bukarester Außenministerium dringend um Erklärung zu den Entwicklungen um die geplante Goldmine in Rosia gebeten. Die folgende Presseerklärung des ungarischen Ministeriums wurde von Alburnus Maior in englischer Sprache zur Verfügung gestellt.
ROSIA MONTANA: Gabriel’s Rosia Montana project – Effectively Dead
Rosia Montana, România; 19. February 2004 – ‘Alburnus Maior’ has learned that Gabriel Resources (‘Gabriel’) again postponed the submission of the environmental study required for governmental approval in order to start developing the Rosia Montana gold mining project(1).
Rosia Montana: Offener Brief an den rumänischen Premier Nastase
Dies ist die englische Version eines Offenen Briefes an Premier Adrian Nastase, den der Verein Alburnus Maior am 22. Januar d.J. nach Bukarest schickte.