#MINES
Armenia to revise royalty system for metallic and non-metallic mines
Armenia’s government is going to completely revise the rates of royalty paid by companies developing both metallic and non-metallic mines, Acting Minister of Economy Vahan Kerobyan said in an interview with the Public Television of Armenia.Armenian parliament to change procedure for granting mine development licenses
Members of the National Assembly of Armenia discussed today a bill submitted for the first reading that calls for amending the Law On Subsoil and some other related laws and changing the procedure for granting permits for the operation of mines.Armenia may become a center for running mines in third countries
The CEO of the Zangezur Copper-Molybdenum Combine Mher Poloskov told the Aravot daily about the latest changes in the combine's shareholder composition, its plans for an IPO and prospects for the development of the mining industry.Artsakh foreign minister receives newly appointed Halo Trust program manager
On August 16, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic) Masis Mayilian received the newly appointed Artsakh Program Manager of the international non-government organization The HALO Trust Edward Robert Syfret.Halo Trust reveals names of three staff killed in landmine detonation
UK-based demining group, the HALO Trust, has confirmed with profound sadness that three of its local staff were killed and two injured by the accidental detonation of an anti-tank landmine in the Ghazanchi area of Nagorno Karabakh on the morning of 29th March.Environmentalists increasingly concerned about growing number of cancer and infertility cases in Syunik
Armenian environmentalists are getting increasingly concerned about the growing number of reported cancer and infertility cases in the southern province of Syunik, home to the largest Zangezur copper and molybdenum company and several other smaller ones, Inga Zarafyan, the head of Ecolur non-governmental environmental organization, told a news conference today.Radiation background in Armenia’s mines is within norms
YEREVAN, February 24. /ARKA/. Radiation background in Armenia's mines is within norms, Vardan Ayvazyan, an MP and a former environment minister, said Wednesday at a parliamentary session.
Some Armenian environmental organizations state that radiation background in mines exceeds the permitted norms and water sources are polluted by radioactive instances causing severe diseases among residents of these areas.
«I am stating officially that there are no fluctuations in radiation background in Armenia’s mines,» Ayvazyan said. «These are intrigues of particular organizations, which follow their own motives without inspections and without particular facts.»
In his words, all inspections and measurements of water and atmosphere gave no grounds for concern.
He stressed that inspections are conducted with an international organization's support.
«Not a single case of deviance from the permitted levels has been found out,» Ayvazyan said. --0----
