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Petroleum / Mining in Armenia

  • baku, Tirana sign gas deal

    ARMENIA, 2014/12/21 Baku and Tirana have signed a memo on cooperation in the development of a master plan for Albania’s gasification. The memorandum was signed as part of the Azerbaijani delegation’s visit to Albania, which included Energy Minister Natig Aliyev, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov and SOCAR chief Rovnag Abdullayev, Azerbaijan’s national energy company SOCAR reported. The members of the Azerbaijani delegation have today met with Prime Minister of Albania Edi Rama, Speaker Ilir Meta and Minister of Industry and Energy Damian Gjiknuri.
  • Armenian Government Ignores Concerns about Teghut Mine

    ARMENIA, 2012/12/26 The Armenia Copper Programme (ACP), a division of the Vallex Group registered offshore in Liechtenstein, has begun operating a controversial mining project initiated in 2007 in the northern village of Teghut. Preliminary work on the project began with the clearing of a portion of the pristine Teghut Forest to create a massive tailing dump for the toxic waste left after mineral processing.