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Amulsar

Rural communities in Armenia give mining companies the boot

by Samson Martirosyan

•7 min read

In 2018, a group of local residents in Armenia’s Tavush region decided to stand up to a mining company. Now other communities are following suit as a revolution of ‘direct democracy’ seems poised to sweep the countryside. Mining companies in Armenia’s hinterlands have met with new forms of public resistance that some herald as the rebirth of local democracy in the countryside. Recent mining projects in the Armenian regions of Vayots Dzor and Tavush have provoked protest, boycotts, and

Amulsar

Anti-mining activists put New Armenia’s ‘people power’ to the test

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•10 min read

For the past three months, the inhabitants of the Armenian spa town of Jermuk have been rallying against the local Amulsar gold mine. The company operating the mine claims their operations are environmentally sound and has threatened to sue the Armenian government if they have to suspend work. All eyes are now on Armenia’s revolutionary government, which has promised ‘power to the people’. Lydian International Ltd, a Jersey based company established in 2005, has been warning potential inves