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Cyanide Be
Gone! (Gold Coalition) |
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Bats, Cyanide and Gold
Mining (Donald R. Clark) |
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Gold mining in
China: Taming
the wild west (A report from US Embassy China, May
1996): "... At many mining sites, there is mercury
and cyanide scattered over the mountains. After gold recovery, chemical-laden debris is pushed over the hills
into creeks, huge areas are devastated, and villages
downstream have no idea of how contaminated the water
they use is. In many instances, arsenic accompanies gold,
so the arsenic gets scattered around the countryside,
along with the cyanide and the mercury. The company's
geologists shudder at what they see happening, according
to the official. They have talked to Chinese authorities,
but these officials say they are powerless to act..." |
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Some considerations on the
impact on ecological chemical principles in practice:
With emphasis on gold mining and cyanide (Friedhelm
Korte & Frederick Coulston) : "...toxic, heavy
metals such as lead, cadmium, and mercury commonly
present in ore can be mobilized during crushing or
leaching. These metals accumulate to varying degrees in
plants, mammals and fish, thus entering the food chain.
Cyanide contamination of rivers, lakes and seas can
permanently damage the swimming ability of some species..." |
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Ban Cyanide at Crandon Mine (Midwest
Treaty Network): Background articles on cyanide in
mining, What you can do to ban cyanide in mining, Sample
resolution for local governments, Fact sheet on cyanide
in Wisconsin mining. Citing European disaster,
environmentalists call for ban, Mine cyanide ban bill
introduced in Wisconsin Assembly, Could toxic spills kill
state river. |
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Communities demand an end to
cyanide-based gold mining (Project Underground):
"... Cyanide was the poison used in Nazi
concentration camps. Now an Australian company has
unleashed it on the rivers of Europe and their inhabitants..." |
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Discussions on
gold-mining
and cyanide leaching (Infomine): "...the
problem is that there is already more than enough gold in
the world. Nearly 100,000 tonnes of the metal lie in
international banks (IMF), national banks and private
safes. No other metal or mineral has such an oversupply..." |
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Move to ban in cyanide gold
mining (Lee Rhiannon): "...If our
consumption of gold jewellery were significantly reduced,
the gold stored in reserves could last us for close to a
century. We simply don't need to mine any new gold, let
alone using cyanide leach technology..." |
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European cyanide spill
highlights gold mining hazard: Cyanidation process in
gold mining has led to environmental disasters in the
United States (Marceia, Lathou, Office.com) |
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Guyana, Colorado and The
Black Foot River have all been contaminated by cyanide (Mimar
Sinan University, Turkey) |
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Activists try to curtail
gold mining: The mining industry argues that its
operations are safe and that pollution fears are
unfounded (Amy Rea, Office.com) |
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Investigation of the Risk of
Cyanide in Gold Leaching on Health and Environment in
Central Asia and Central Europe (European Commission) |
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Haber Gold
Process, Inc.: "...Sodium cyanide is extremely poisonous. A few
milligrams is fatal to humans. Cyanide is not
discriminate. It releases gold and silver from ore, but
it also releases toxic heavy metals such as lead. cadmium
and mercury. Gold mining tailings; the waste after the
ore has been processed, may be laced with toxic heavy metals..." |
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Vital
Statistics: Cyanide -
Gold's killing companion (Drillbits & Tailings;
February 28, 2000. Volume 5, Number 3): "...Cyanide
is the most popular chemical used by mining corporations
to extract gold from ore, despite the fact that leaks or
spills of this chemical are extremely toxic to fish,
plant life and human beings. In recent years communities
in Montana and Turkey have successfully challenged this
deadly practice, setting standards for the rest of the world..." |
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GoldBusters
Coalition: Life, land, clean water
and clean air are more precious than gold. All peoples depend on
nature for life. The right to life is a guaranteed human right. It is,
therefore, our responsibility to protect all of nature for present and
future generations. |
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Can gold mining be slowed by
a boycott? (Duncan Adams, HCN. Org) |
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Goldmining
applications:
AgriCultures utilized for leaching of gold
(AgriCultures International) |
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Bergama
peasants against cyanide
(by Senih Ozay): " Until an Australian gold company (Eurogold)
came over and offered wealth to Turkey, there was a still and peaceful
life in Bergama, a town in Aegean region famous with its ancient Greek
ruins and olives..." |
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Report to the
Workers'
Compensation Board on the Ontario Gold Mining Industry (Industrial
Disease Standards Panel, Toronto, Ontario, Canada):
"...Mr. Prest identified gold mines in the Red Lake
area as having high levels of arsenic contamination..." |
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Australian
gold mining company is using cyanide in Turkey
(by Melbourne Indymedia): A brief story of the Bergama case in English.
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Activities
calendar for Melbourne:
Forthcoming activities in Melbourne |
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How
you can help:
Sample letter to send to the government, cyanide stories from all
around the world, alternative ways, Mining Amendment Bill 2000. |
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Turkish
environmentalist jailed upholding supreme court ruling (Lycos) |
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Bergama
must stay clean! (inx.net) |
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Turkey
court bans cyanide gold process near ancient town (CorpWatch) |
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Turks
march to halt Normandy mine |
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Resistance
in Bergama |
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Essential
reading for mining activists [NB: you need the software Adobe
Acrobat Reader to open this file] (the file is also accessible at MineWire) |
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Cyanide:
Gold's killing companion (Project Underground) |
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Fool's
Gold: Ten problems with gold mining
(Project Underground) |
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Everyone
must this this comprehensive guide against cyanide leaching in gold
mining [NB: you need the software Adobe
Acrobat Reader to open this file] (the file is also accessible at Project
Underground) |
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Turkey:
Australian goldmine crushes local people (by Emet Değirmenci) |
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Australian
gold mining co is using cyanide in Türkiye (by Ferihan Tanrıkurt) |
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Cyanide
contamination in air, water and soil |
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Peasant
resistance of Bergama and anarchism (Spunk Library, an anarchist
library and archive) |
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Melb2000-announce
(A listserv by the September the Eleventh Network Groups through which
you may send messages announcing protests and festivities to the
people in Melbourne, Australia) |
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Pergamon
Declaration |
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Global
response |
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The
brochure by Normandy, the Australian gold mining company in Turkey,
about the Bergama mine [NB: You need the software Adobe Acrobat
Reader to open this file.] |
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Turkey:
Villagers fighting foreign gold diggers get brief respite |
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The
People of The Light's Long Walk (information on a documentary
movie about the Bergama case by Etem Özgüven and Petra Holzer) |
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September
the Eleventh Network Groups in Melbourne, Australia |
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International
campaign to ban cyanide leaching |
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Protestors
show solidarity with a smile |
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The
mineral industry of Turkey by Philip M. Mobbs [NB:
You need the software Adobe Acrobat Reader to open this file.] |
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Bergama
won the case against Normandy Mining
(by Emet Değirmenci) |
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The
Prime Minister of Turkey decides to close the gold mine in Bergama
(Oktay Konyar, July 16, 2001) |
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The
Prime Minister and the Ministry of Environment say they didn't order
the Bergama mine to be closed.
(Zülfü Aşık, August 2,
2001) |
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Normandy
mining cannot ignore the court order in Turkey
(by Emet
Değirmenci, July 28, 2001) |
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The
Prime Minister of Turkey: "The legal and social obstacles against
gold mining should be swept away."
(Press Conference, September 1, 2001) |
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Cyanide
Spill Ghana's Worst Environmental Disaster (October 24, 2001) |
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Another
cyanide spillage in Ghana (November 5, 2001) |
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Eleven
tonnes of cyanide spills into Chinese river (November
7,
2001) |
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According
to the Supreme Court of Turkey the ex-Prime Minister is guilty for not
carrying out the court's order of closing the gold mine in Bergama
(November 15, 2001) |
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Letter
to Australian Democrat Senator Bourne (Emet
Değirmenci) |
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Reply
to Emet Değirmenci's letter from Senator Bourne
(reported by Emet
Değirmenci) |
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One-day
Greek-Turkish NGO Conference: The Environment and Sustainable
Development in the 21st Century, (November 23, 2001, Athens) |
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Petition against the use of the CYANIDE LEACH PROCESS by
Australian-owned gold mines operating in Turkey |
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Bergama
people won another court case in Turkey
(by Emet Değirmenci,
December 13, 2001) |
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Wisconsin
Senate votes to ban cyanide in all mining, and end special treatment
for mine projects
(by Zoltan Grossman
for Bergama Günlüğü,
November 27, 2001) |
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The
Peasants of Bergama Form a Union (by
Oktay Konyar, the
spokesman of the peasants of Bergama, December 24, 2001) |
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Life
Against Gold
(by Üstün
Reinart) |
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Cyanide
Mining Hazards Endanger Communities, Environment (February 25,
2002, Ecotopia) |
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Izmir
Third Administrative Court Decides the Bergama Mine Should Close
(Emet
Değirmenci, March
6, 2001) |
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Izmir
First Administrative Court Also Decides the Bergama Mine Should Close
(March 8, 2002) |
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The
Ministry of Health Decides the Bergama Mine be Closed (March
31, 2002) |
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The
Turkish Government Ignores Courts' Decision (April
4, 2002) |
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Fax
message sent to Normandy by the director and the information officer
of Mineral Policy Institute (April 15, 2002) |
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Leader
of Peasants Opposed to Goldmine Arrested in Turkey & The Mine
Remains Open Despite Court Order (April 15, 2002, by Üstün
Reinart) |
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Bergama
villagers need your support (Emet
Değirmenci,
April 17, 2002) |
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Oktay
Konyar has been set free (April
26, 2002) |
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Asterix
and the Turkish gold (July 31, 2002, Olivia Rousette, SBS
TV) |
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Violence by Normandy workers causes murder in Bergama (Cumhuriyet,
August 23, 2002; translation by Emet
Değirmenci) |
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Newmont-owned
illegal goldmine provokes murder (Ustun
B. Reinart, August 24, 2002) |
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International Arbitration, Sovereignty and Environmental Protection:
The Turkish Case (Aykut
Çoban,
University of Ankara) |
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As a new high court decision in Greece puts an end
to mining underneath the village of
Stratoniki, Greek and Turkish anti-mining activists join forces
against giant mining companies. |
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Mine in Greece to shut down |
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Newmont draws outcry in Asia (Heather Draper, July 23, 2003) |
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