Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Aurul-Goldmine-in-Romania-27MZIFLSDY4N.htmlConceptually similarAurul Goldmine in RomaniaGP0788Completed★★★★Aurul Goldmine in RomaniaGP0L91Completed★★★★River near Aurul goldmine, Baia Mare, Romania.GP0B1CCompleted★★★★Well in Baia Mare, RomaniaGP0IQ3Completed★★★★Children Playing in Baia MareGP02I7Completed★★★★Cyanide Spill at Aurul Goldmine in RomaniaGP07M5Completed★★★★Cyanide Spill at Aurul Goldmine in RomaniaGP0QJ9Completed★★★★Cyanide Spill Aurul GoldmineGP0AHACompleted★★★★Cyanide Pipeline at the Aurul Goldmine in Baia MareGP0VQGCompleted★★★★View AllGP01BE2Aurul Goldmine in RomaniaCyanide 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.Locations:Baia Mare-Eastern Europe-RomaniaDate:22 Mar, 2000Credit:© Greenpeace / Jeremy Sutton-HibbertMaximum size:5450px X 3557pxKeywords:Aurul SA Gold Mine-Day-Disasters-Esmeralda Exploration Ltd.-Gold mining-KWCI (GPI)-Landscapes-Outdoors-Pollution-Toxic waste-Toxics (campaign title)Shoot:Cyanide Goldmine Spill Action in RomaniaAction 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.Related Collections:Cyanide Goldmine Spill in Romania (Photo & Video)
