December
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Rosia
Montana - a destructive Romanian gold mining project
Earlier this year, we scored a great victory when the World Bank decided not to fund this mine, but Canadian-based Gabriel Resources is pushing ahead with its plans. The mine would be Europe’s largest open cast gold mine. It would destroy Roman ruins more than 2,000 years old, which led the International Council on Monuments and Sites to make a resolution condemning the planned destruction of monuments. (read more) |
| Rosia Roman mine gallery,
Orlea photo by Alburnus Maior |
November