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Keywords
Aurul SA Gold Mine
Day
Disasters
Esmeralda Exploration Ltd.
Gold mining
KWCI (GPI)
Landscapes
Outdoors
Pollution
Toxic waste
Toxics (campaign title)
Aurul Goldmine in Romania
Cyanide pool. Aurul goldmine, Baia Mare. A toxic spill occurred on January 30th 2000, the dam containing toxic waste material from the Baia Mare Aurul gold mine in north western Romania burst and released 100.000 cubic meters of waste water, heavily contaminated with cyanide, into the Lapus and Somes tributaries of the river Tisza, one of the biggest in Hungary.
Unique identifier:
GP01BE2
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
22/03/2000
Locations:
Baia Mare
,
Eastern Europe
,
Romania
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Cyanide Goldmine Spill Action in Romania
Action against Aurul SA goldmine owned by Esmeralda Exploration ltd ( Australia). On 30 January a dam holding Cyanide waste water broke, polluting a large area in Romania , Serbia and Hungary. Greenpeace calls for a stop on using Cyanide in mining, also the dam behind which the cyanide is kept is too weak. Action was held on World Water Day.
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