{"id":170,"date":"2014-11-20T13:53:48","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T11:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/sitenou\/?p=170"},"modified":"2015-10-28T15:35:22","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T13:35:22","slug":"factsheet-certej","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miningwatch.ro\/en\/factsheet-certej\/","title":{"rendered":"Factsheet Certej"},"content":{"rendered":"

General information <\/b><\/span><\/span> The mining project proposed at Certej (Hunedoara County) is owned by Deva Gold SA, whose major shareholder is Eldorado Gold Corporation (80%), and minority shareholder the Romanian state company Minvest Deva. The evaluation of the deposit shows that it consists in 45.5 million tones with a concentration of 1.8. g\/t gold and 10 g\/t silver1. <\/span><\/span> Project status <\/b><\/span><\/span> Environmental permit no. 8 from 5th of July 20122 issued by the Environmental Protection Regional Agency Timis\u0327oara, the Environmental Protection National Agency and the Environmental and Forests Ministry. <\/span><\/span> The owner of the project <\/b><\/span><\/span> Deva Gold SA <\/b><\/span><\/span>is a joint venture between Eldorado Gold Corporation (80%) and Minvest Deva. <\/span><\/span>Eldorado Gold Corporation <\/b><\/span><\/span>is a Canadian mining company, listed at Vancouver stock market that operates in Greece, Romania, Turkey, China and Brazil. In Romania, Eldorado Gold entered the market after taking over major shares of junior mining company European Goldfields, in December 2011. In Greece, Eldorado Gold Corp. holds 95% of shares in each 3 of the most controversial mining projects: Olympias, Skouries s\u0327i Stratoni. <\/span><\/span> Minvest Deva <\/b><\/span><\/span>is the state company that holds 18,9% of Rosia Montana Gold Corporation\u2019s shares. <\/span><\/span> Similarities with Rosia Montana project <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> Deva Gold SA <\/b><\/span><\/span>company is presently leaded by Nicolae Stanca, former director of the Copper Autonomous Chamber Deva and the one who solicited the exploitation license from the National Agency for Mineral Resources for the joint venture Euro Gold Resources3 (what we know today as being Ros\u0327ia Montana\u0306 Gold Corporation). <\/span><\/span> The two mining projects have the same promoter: the Romanian businessman, Vasile Frank Timis\u0327, founder and former president of Gabriel Resources (the main owner of Rosia Montana Gold Corporation). Between 2000 and 2006, Frank Timis\u0327 had been one of the most important shareholders of European Goldfields (a range between 15% and 18.9%), which, in December 2011, was taken over by Eldorado Gold for 2.4 billion dollars. <\/span><\/span> Location <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span> Certej mining area is located in the South-Eastern part of Metalliferous Mountains in Hunedoara County, being part of the Golden Quadrilateral Sa\u0306ca\u0306ra\u0302mb <\/span><\/span>\u2013 Brad – Ros\u0327ia Montana\u0306 – Baia de Aries\u0327 (Apuseni Mountains) and it\u2019s situated near Hondol, aproximately 20 km away from the city of Deva. <\/span><\/span> Project description<\/b><\/span> Deva Gold proposes to extract the gold and silver in open cast mine on a <\/span><\/span>456.2 ha area. <\/b><\/span><\/span>With a 16 years lifetime and 3 million tonnes of gold yearly as processing capacity, Certej mining project implies deforestations, uncovering actions, <\/span><\/span>an open pit, 2 waste dumps, the use of cyanide <\/b><\/span><\/span>in order to obtain gold and a <\/span><\/span>tailing dam of 63.6 ha. <\/b><\/span><\/span> The impacted surface <\/b><\/span><\/span> The surface of the project represent 456.2 ha, from which, at the present moment, 187 ha are forests, 30.7 ha grass lands, 5.3 ha arable land and 18.7 ha establishment area. Among these, except for the processing plant and other specific emplacements, 62.8 ha would transform in Certej mine and 63.6 ha in tailing dams. <\/span><\/span> The exploitation technology <\/b><\/span><\/span> The ore would be obtained by uncovering actions and <\/span><\/span>use of explosible <\/b><\/span><\/span>\u2013 nitrammonium (a mix from ammonium nitrate and middle distillate fraction). It would result <\/span><\/span>a crater with a maximum depth of 290 m <\/b><\/span><\/span>and 30 m high benches. The ore would be carried to the processing plant with <\/span><\/span>65 tones weight tip lorries for 24 hours a day, 7 days per week, 360 days per year. <\/b><\/span><\/span>The processing of ore would realize in 3 stages during <\/span><\/span>16 years of existence of the mine. <\/b><\/span><\/span> Natural resources needed <\/b><\/span><\/span> The mining project implies the use of an <\/span><\/span>impressive quantity of water, <\/b><\/span><\/span>a total result of <\/span><\/span>29.583.360 m3 <\/b><\/span><\/span>in the 16 years of operation. The water is supposed to come from Mures\u0327 River that will lead to influence on the discharges downstream. <\/span><\/span> Toxics substances used <\/b><\/span><\/span> The largeness of the mining project from Certej demands the use of <\/span><\/span>26.448 tones of sodium cyanide <\/b><\/span><\/span>and <\/span><\/span>15.280 tones of copper sulphate. <\/b><\/span><\/span>The operated toxic remainders would be stored in the tailing dam. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name of the basic material, the substance and the chemical <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nAnnual quantity <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nClassification of substances or chemicals* <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dangerous\/ not dangerous(D\/ND) <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nNuisance value* <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nRisk phrases* <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Initial explosive \u2013 dynamite <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n229 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nExplosive <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR2-6-44 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Copper sulphate <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n955 t\/year <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nToxic, irritant, dangerous for environment <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR22-36\/38- 50\/53 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hidrated lime(including grout) <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n7791 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nIrritant <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR34-36-37- 38-41 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sodium cyanide (solid and liquid) <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n1653 t\/year <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nVery toxic, dangerous for environment <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR26\/27\/28- 32- 50\/53 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Activated carbon <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n35 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nND <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n– <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n– <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chlorine hydride (liquid) <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n898 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nCorrosive <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR 35-36\/37 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hydroxide sodium <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n328 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nCorrosive <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR 35 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sodium pyrosulphite <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n1909 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nToxic, irritant <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR22-31-41 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hydrogen peroxide (50 % liquid) <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n12 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nOxidant, corrosive <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR5-8-20\/22-35 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n
Oxygen <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n183.901 t\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nOxidant <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR8 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Middle distillate fraction <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n5.400.000 l\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nVery Inflammable <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR10-40-65- 66-51\/53 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oils (motor, hydraulics) \/lubricants <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n63.000 l\/year <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nD <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nIrritant, toxic, dangerous for environment <\/span><\/span><\/td>\nR38, R41, R43, R45, R36\/38 R51\/53, R52\/53 <\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Acid waters handling and tailing dams <\/b><\/span><\/span> The sewage water that would result from the North (32.6 ha) and South (40.2 ha) waste dumps will be directed through culverts to settlers for sediments. The sediments will be transported to the flotation dam. <\/span><\/span> The main dam of the tailing dam would have a surface of 63.6 ha and would consist of rock fill. Its realization is proposed in stages: the initial dam (starter) followed by in-sequence increased elevations with a maximum height of 169 m. <\/span><\/span> ! <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span>Considerations regarding the tailing dams taken from the Environmental permit released by EPA Timis\u0327oara, EPNA and EFM4: <\/b><\/span><\/span> – <\/span><\/span>The flotation tailing dam <\/b><\/span><\/span>is an installation for waste management from the extractive industry <\/span><\/span>classified in \u201cA\u201d category <\/b><\/span><\/span>because in case of failure (loose of dams\u2019 structural integrity) <\/span><\/span>a major accident could occur <\/b><\/span><\/span>(uncontrolled and rapid loose of the flotation dam\u2019s content which would lead to losing human lives, effects on the environment and material damage), <\/span><\/span>according to 2006\/21\/CE Directive, <\/b><\/span><\/span>annex III, first line. <\/span><\/span> – The <\/span><\/span>cyanidation tailings dam <\/b><\/span><\/span>is an installation for waste management from the extractive industry <\/span><\/span>classified as \u201cA\u201d category basing on inorganic dissolvable\/resoluble cyanides <\/b><\/span><\/span>(CNWAD) content classified as very toxic substances (H6 category), <\/span><\/span>according to 91\/689\/CE Directive, <\/b><\/span><\/span>annex II and III. <\/span><\/span> The environment and protected areas <\/b><\/span><\/span> The mining project\u2019s print covers 108.7 ha of the ROSPA 0132 Metalliferous Mountains Natura 2000 site, on Ma\u0306cris\u0327 Valley. <\/b><\/span><\/span>This area represents approximately 0.4% of the site\u2019s surface. The site has a total surface of 26 671 ha. ROSPA 0132 Metalliferous Mountains was designated as Natura 2000 site in 2011. The closest next Natura 2000 site is ROSCI0029 Cheile Glodului, Cibului and Ma\u0306zii situated at approximately 7.8 km east from the project. <\/span><\/span> Environmental risks and trans boundary impact <\/b><\/span><\/span> An eventual occur of an accident is lightly analyzed, and regarding the impact on biodiversity, the company bases on the capacity of each specie to resist and regenerate. <\/b><\/span><\/span>The evaluation of the risks is analyzed in connection with Rosia Montana which shows the close connection in their approval. <\/span><\/span> Guarantees and environmental accountability <\/b><\/span><\/span> There is no concrete stipulation regarding the financial guarantee for reestablishing the environment in case of accident. <\/b><\/span><\/span>Besides nominating the project owner as responsible for the produced accidents, there is no stipulation regarding how the created prejudice is evaluated, what the quantum of the associated compensations is and any assurance that these considerations are fulfilled. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

General information The mining project proposed at Certej (Hunedoara County) is owned by Deva Gold SA, whose major shareholder is Eldorado Gold Corporation (80%), and minority shareholder the Romanian state company Minvest Deva. 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