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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. 
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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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Cyanide Goldmine Spill in Romania (Photo & Video)
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Unique identifier: GP01BE2 
Type: Image 
Shoot date: 22/03/2000 
Locations: Baia Mare, Eastern Europe, Romania
Credit line: © Greenpeace / Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert 
Size: 5450px × 3557px     9.20 MB 
Ranking: ★★★★ (E)