Armenia: Closed Nazik tailing dump leaves soil polluted with heavy metals in adjacent areas, according to Ministry of Environment's field trip
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 30 Jun 2020
Ubicación: Armenia
Empresas
Akhtala Ore Dressing Combine - Parent CompanyProyectos
Nazik tailing dump - OperationAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Comunidad: ( Número desconocido - Armenia , Minería , Gender not reported )Temas
Soil pollution , Violation of environmental safety standardsRespuesta
Response sought: No
Tipo de fuente: NGO
"Reclaimed" Nazik tailing dump owned by Akhtala Ore Dressing Combine needs re-reclaiming, 30 June 2020
...“In 2018-2019, RA Environment Ministry carried out a study of abandoned landfills and closed tailing dumps, which also included Nazik closed tailing dump and the waste accumulated in the areas adjacent to the tailing dump. Excesses in the maximum permissible concentrations of vanadium, chromium, nickel, copper, arsenic and lead were recorded in the samples taken from the soil cover of Nazik tailing dump. As a result of field trips, the absence of a layer of soil covering the closed tailing dump, covering the accumulated waste and preventing the spread of waste was recordded in the area adjacent to the Akhtala River...