RUSSIA GOLD MINE EBRD ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT OPEN CASE GOLD MINE
January 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IF there was ever a region where a mining company could build an open cast gold mine without being bothered by environmental activists, it surely has to be deepest Siberia. Lightly populated, full of scrappy forest, and often scenically uninspiring, this vast region almost seems designed for industries deemed undesirable by wildlife-loving urbanites. And yet, given that it is these political classes that set political agendas in the west, even mining projects in such remote districts need an environmental impact assessment (EIA) these days - if ...
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