Cyanide Spill at Aurul Goldmine in Romania

Aurul goldmine, Baia Mare. Cyanide spill caused environmental disaster. Romania

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Cyanide Spill at Aurul Goldmine in Romania

Toxic spill 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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Unique identifier: GP0QJ9

Type: Image

Shoot date: 01/02/2000

Locations: Baia Mare, Eastern Europe, Romania

Size: 3134px × 2100px 2.15 MB

Ranking: ★★★★ (E)