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Lydian Restructuring Amid Ongoing Amulsar Site Blockade

February 5, 2020 Raffi Elliott 11

YEREVAN—The Anglo-Canadian mining consortium Lydian International has confirmed that its stock ticker was delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange earlier this year. The company insists that this move is standard procedure as it reemerges from […]

Garen Mouths Off

Amulsar: Counter-Questions Raised

November 9, 2019 Garen Yegparian 0

The recent success in Congress is plenty to crow about, but must not so consume us that we lose sight of other very important issues confronting Armenians. In this respect, the Amulsar gold mine, owned […]

Travel

The Armenian Town That Replaced Mining With Sustainable Development

October 23, 2019 Araxie Cass 2

In Armenia, the Amulsar debate continues, with the Minister of Environment calling for the examination of more data. The buzz surrounding the crisis has somewhat subsided, but traveling through Armenia this summer I saw the […]

Garen Mouths Off

Amulsar, It Keeps Getting Worse

October 4, 2019 Garen Yegparian 7

If you’ve been following Armenian news at all, you’re aware that the proposed gold mine at Amulsar (which interestingly, coincidentally, translates to “Impotent Mountain” – you’ll see why below) is a very hot issue in […]

Garen Mouths Off

Amulsar Update

September 13, 2019 Garen Yegparian 3

In the three weeks since I last addressed the Amulsar gold mine issue, it has remained heated and not yet resolved for the better. Prime Minister Pashinyan had held a meeting on August 19th in […]

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Pashinyan: “No legal basis to halt Amulsar mine”

September 11, 2019 Raffi Elliott 16

YEREVAN—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced on Monday that “there is simply no legal basis to block construction and excavation of the Amulsar mine.” In a Facebook Live broadcast, the Prime Minister informed citizens that his […]

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Armenian Government Still Undecided on Amulsar Issue

September 4, 2019 Raffi Elliott 14

YEREVAN—The Armenian government has yet again postponed any ruling on the safety of the controversial Amulsar gold mine. At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Minister of Environmental Protection Eric Grigoryan briefed the Prime Minister on […]

News

Armenian Government Reviewing Amulsar Impact Study Again

August 27, 2019 Raffi Elliott 9

YEREVAN—The latest independent environmental impact assessment (EIA) on the controversial Amulsar mining project has been turned over to the Ministry of Nature Protection for further review. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made that announcement less than […]

Garen Mouths Off

Second Betrayal Brewing?

August 23, 2019 Garen Yegparian 1

Roughly two months ago, the government of the Republic of Armenia enacted a flat tax whose regressive effects will hurt those least able to afford it. This betrayal largely hit the same people who supported […]

Breaking

PM Pashinyan Approves Amulsar Mining

August 19, 2019 Raffi Elliott 23

YEREVAN—Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced his government’s intention to approve the resumption of excavation activities at the controversial Amulsar mine. In a late-night Facebook-live session on Monday, the Prime Minister explained that the decision […]

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