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Open Letter to Greg Hands MP about Cyanide Mining in Romania

Rupert Wolfe-Murray | Posted 17.06.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Corruption, Victor Ponta, Transylvania, Toronto Stock Exchange, Cyanide, Rosia Montana, Romania, Propaganda, Gold, Bribery, Offshore Tax Havens, Tax Avoidance, Rmgc, Canada, UK Politics News
Rupert Wolfe-Murray

Dear Mr Hands, I received an invitation to at dinner which is to take place next Thursday (20th June) at the House of Lords - at which you are billed...

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Romania: The World's First Dystopia

Rupert Wolfe-Murray | Posted 08.06.2013 | UK
Read More: Multinational Corporations, Dystopia, Transylvania, Cyanide, Rosia Montana, Mining, Romania, Tax Avoidance, Eu, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, Rmgc, UK World, World, UK News
Rupert Wolfe-Murray

What propels Romania into the category of 'World's First Dystopia' is the massive cyanide mining project that could turn Transylvania, one of the most beautiful and pristine parts of Europe, into a dystopic wasteland. It is also a case study in how corporate PR and marketing can convince a population that the destruction of their ecosystem is in their own interest.

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Can a gold mine save a village?

Kirk Leech | Posted 30.11.2011 | Home
Read More: World Heritage, Alburnus Maior, Gold, Rosia Montana, Unesco, Archeology, Romania, Gold Mines, Home News
Kirk Leech

Since antiquity Romania has been home to Europe's richest gold mines but after millennia of drilling much of the easily available gold has gone. As recently as 1989 one in ten of the population relied on gold for their livelihoods; today just 50,000 work the mines.

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