Mining Gold in Kyrgyzstan
Environmental Threat and Economic Necessity
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Abstract
International companies mine gold in Kyrgyzstan. Gold mining is an important factor for Kyrgyzstan’s national economy and state budget. But mining gold can also become an environmental burden – as a cyanide accident ten years ago showed. The operating companies, the state and the population must come to an arrangement that takes into account all conflicting interests.
(Osteuropa 4-5/2008, pp. 151–164)