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The 2000 Baia Mare Cyanide spill was a leak of cyanide near Baia Mare, Romania, into the Someș River by the gold mining company Aurul, a joint-venture of the Australian company Esmeralda Exploration and the Romanian government.
A truck carrying 1,762 kg of sodium cyanide fell into the Barskaun River. An international independent group of experts studied the impact of the accident and concluded that no one was killed or poisoned as a result of the accident. [3] 2000 Baia Mare Romania: Esmerelda Exploration Limited Australia
January 30, 2000: Baia Mare cyanide spill took place in Baia Mare, Romania. The accident, called the worst environmental disaster in Europe since Chernobyl, was a release of 100,000 tons of cyanide-contaminated water by an Aurul mining company when a reservoir broke, releasing its waters into the rivers Someş, Tisza and Danube. Although no ...
January 30, 2000: Baia Mare cyanide spill, Baia Mare, Romania. The accident, called the worst environmental disaster in Europe since Chernobyl, was a release of 100,000 tons of cyanide-contaminated water into the rivers Someş, Tisza and Danube by the Aurul mining company due to a reservoir breach. Although no human fatalities were reported ...
In Baia Mare there is one library (with a few branches), 6 museums, one planetarium and observatory, 2 theaters, 2 cultural centers, one art school and one popular university. The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Baia Mare is the second largest cathedral in Romania after the People's Salvation Cathedral in Bucharest. [29]
Police in have revealed tragic new details behind the mysterious death of a 26-year-old Polish newlywed two years after she was found on the streets of Miami.
2000 Baia Mare cyanide spill: Baia Mare, Romania: Embankment dam: 2000: Pier Number 34 (Club Heat) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US: Pier converted to nightclub: 3 dead, dozens injured 2000: Boulevard du Souvenir overpass collapse over Highway 15: Laval, Quebec, Canada: Overpass: 1 dead, 2 injured 2000: 1601 Park Avenue apartment building ...
A Canadian woman allegedly attempted to smuggle 22 pounds of methamphetamine wrapped as Christmas presents through a New Zealand airport on Sunday, Dec. 8. According to a news release from the New ...