EBRD SUPPORTS ARMENIA COPPER INDUSTRY
September 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has drawn up plans to lend US$5 million to the Armenia Copper Programme, to help this metal producer improve its environmental performance. The money would help fund the installation of a wet-scrubbing process for the off-gases of the client's furnace and converters, reducing the sulphur dioxide (SO2) content in those gases. This financing would also help increase the copper-maker's production by about 50%. The EBRD said the scheme would have a "significant demonstration ...
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