EcoLur
On 22 May the public discussions on Abovyan iron mine, Kotayk Region, owned by Spice Steel LLC will be held by Kotayq Regional Municipality. Though the official website of Nature Protection Ministry says in its announcement that the documents can be found on the official website of the ministry, but so far the Abovyan iron mine project hasn’t been uploaded.
It should be mentioned that according to hydrogeologist Ruben Yadoyan the iron in Hrazdan mine is on surface, while in case of Abovyan the mine is located underneath the waters, “Our drinking water will get worse when they get to their mine,” Yadoyan said in one of the interviews given to EcoLur. In case of Abovyan (Kaputan) iron mine development the Mayakovski group will become useless, while Yerevan gets 25% of its drinking water supplies from these sources.
Photo by Vahe Vardumyan
May 22, 2015 at 13:12