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GeoProMining company's Sotk gold mine, Armenia

Analysis

Analysis | How transparent is mining in Armenia?

by Volodymyr Soboliev

•5 min read

Mining is one of the most important sectors of the Armenian economy; it has the largest share of exports constituting more than half the total value. On 9 March 2017, Armenia became a candidate country for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). Candidacy means the country must undertake a series of reforms within a set timeframe to comply with standards of transparency and accountability. The situation Armenia is rich in a number of metal ores: iron, copper, mo

Agriculture

Thirty years as refugees in an Armenian highland village

by Gayane Mkrtchyan

•6 min read

At over 2,000 metres above sea level, in the last village before the northern mountain pass from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, life in Sotk can be arduous. The village, which until 30 years ago was inhabited by Azerbaijanis, is now home to Armenians who fled their homes in Azerbaijan, though most of these have also moved on to greener pastures. [Read in Armenian — Հոդվածը հայերեն կարդացեք] A new life in Sotk Sixty-three-year-old Zemfira Hakobyan’s hands show traces of heavy agricu