NEW ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER WILL NOT RUSH TO BAN CYANIDE PROCESSING
September 1st, 2014
A Maltese socialist - nominated as the new environment, maritime affairs and fisheries Commissioner of the European Union (EU) – has indicated that he would not move to ban the use of cyanide in gold, silver, platinum and cadmium production, should he be confirmed in his new job.Speaking to MEPs yesterday at a European Parliament confirmation hearing in Brussels, 64-year-old Karmenu Vella said there had not been any other product so far identified that could substitute cyanide when gold mining. “From an economic point of view”, he said, “banning cyanide ...
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