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Protest against planned cyanide-process gold mine in Romania

CLUJ, Romania — About a dozen people occupied a historic building in the Romanian city of Cluj on Monday to protest a plan to mine gold using the controversial cyanide process in a nearby heritage area. “We call on the Romanian president […]

Turkish Villagers Fight to Keep Gold Mining, Cyanide Out of Sahinli

Residents of a northwestern Turkish district on Monday protested a mining company for its alleged practices of leaching gold out of rock with cyanide. Environmentalists and locals gathered in the Şahinli village of Lapseki district in front of the village teahouse, where […]