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New Security Company Hired by Lydian Incites Provocations
Then they continued provoking tension and skirmishes with the blockading protestors and residents by carrying visible assault rifles and stating that are there to make way...Read More »
Human Rights Activists Boycott Queen’s Birthday Party in Armenia Sponsored by Controversial Mining Company
A number of human rights activists in Armenia boycott the Queen's Birthday Party organized by the British Embassy in Yerevan and sponsored by, among others, Lydian Armenia mining company...Read More »
Jermuk Residents Wait for the Government-Promised Inspection in Amulsar
“They came and told the villagers about gold mines and work places. People didn’t even imagine what was expected. But now, constructions are made, water lines are damaged, dust has settled...Read More »
Lydian’s “Independent” Advisors Abstain from Recommending Tougher Environmental Risk Management
“The Amulsar ESIA shows the predicted flow paths of contaminated water travelling from mining sources (waste rock, cyanide heap leach facility, open pits) to water resources during mine operation...Read More »
Amulsar Gold Mine Exploiter Denies Health Insurance to Residents of Nearby Village
When asked by an Epress.am reporter why Lydian refuses to discuss the technical issues with Armenian specialists who have concerns about the mine exploitation...Read More »