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Committee on industry, willing to curb mining cyanides

The parliamentary committee on industry with the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday rejected the draft law on the ban of the utilization of cyanides in any stage of mining exploitations, in processing and waste enrichment. The committee also passed amendments, which stipulate the gradual reduction of cyanides by 2018.

The president of the committee, social-democrat deputy Iulian Iancu explained that the form adopted by the committee stipulates that all the projects from the mining exploitation within the preparation of the mining ores with gold and silver concentration have express provisions on the security of the use of cyanide technology, according to EU directive 2006/21/EC. The government has to draw up by September 1, 2008 a plan of measures on the economic and social development of the areas in which mining activities are carried out for a safe environment and its social and economical development. ‘'The initial draft was rejected because it did not allow for the Government's provision, which stipulated that that it was ready to earmark a 5-year period of grace which now may be found in the draft law. Taken into account were also the 29 underway lincenses of the National Agency of Mineral Resources, said Iancu. He said that the initial draft law, was indirectly aimed at banning the Rosia Montana project, which would have meant a streamlined approach. At the talks on the initial text of the draft law, deputy of the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania Istvan Antal requested the setting up of a commission on Rosia Montana, due to investigate whether the incumbent legislation has been observed since 1990 onwards and to identify the persons who are guilty for the current situation in the region. The draft law in the form adopted by the Committee on industry will be discussed in the plenum of the Chamber of Deputies which has to take the final decision. Sursa: http://www.rompress.ro

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