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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Roșia Montană Mining Landscape' has mentioned 'Mining' in the following places:
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| Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83CommuneLocation in Alba CountyRoxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83Location in RomaniaCoordinates: 46xc2xb018xe2x80xb222xe2x80xb3N 23xc2xb007xe2x80xb249xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf46.30611xc2xb0N 23.13028xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 46.30611; 23.13028Coordinates: 46xc2xb018xe2x80xb222xe2x80xb3N 23xc2xb007xe2x80xb249xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf46.30611xc2xb0N 23.13028xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 46.30611; 23.13028Countryxc2xa0RomaniaCountyAlbaEstablished131 (first reference)[1]Governmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Mayor (2020xe2x80x932024) Eugen Furdui[2] (PNL)Area42xc2xa0km2 (16xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation850xc2xa0m (2,790xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(2011)[3]2,656xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density63/km2 (160/sqxc2xa0mi)Time zoneEET/EEST (UTC+2/+3)Postal code517615[4]Vehicle reg.ABWebsiteprimariarosiamontana.ro UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficial nameRoxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83 Mining LandscapeTypeCulturalCriteria(ii) (iii) (iv)Designated2021 (44th session)Referencexc2xa0no.1552RegionEurope | WIKI |
| This has caused controversy on one hand over the extent to which remains of Roman mining would be preserved and over fears of a repeat of the cyanide pollution at Baia Mare and on the other, over the benefits that mining would bring to this poor and underdeveloped part of the country. | WIKI |
| The campaign against mining at Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83 was one of the largest campaigns over a non-political cause in the last 20 years in Romania. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 History 2 Mining project 3 Fxc3xa2nFest festival 4 Demographics 5 Natives 6 References 7 External links | WIKI |
| Archaeologists have discovered in the town ancient dwellings, necropolises, mine galleries, mining tools, 25 wax tablets and many inscriptions in Greek and Latin, centred around Carpeni Hill. | WIKI |
| Mining appears to have started again in the Middle Ages by German (Transylvanian Saxon) migrants using similar techniques to the Romans. | WIKI |
| Mining was much expanded under the Austrian Empire with the encouragement of the Imperial authorities. | WIKI |
| In 1948 the mines were taken over by the Romanian state, with traditional small scale underground mining continuing until the late 1960s. | WIKI |
| In 1975 an open-cast pit was constructed at Cetate for bulk mining. | WIKI |
| Mining project[edit] | WIKI |
| Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83 planned mining facilities | WIKI |
| [13] Several years later, the mining licence for an area of 23.8823xc2xa0km2 (9.2210xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi) around Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83 was transferred to the Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83 Gold Corporation (RMGC) from Minvest Deva SA (successor to RAC Deva). | WIKI |
| Within the project, Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83 Gold Corporation (RMGC) plans to produce 225 tonnes of gold and 819 tonnes of silver over 17 years and it would involve digging up a large area, involving the creation of four mining pits covering 205xc2xa0ha (510 acres), the first two at the old mining sites of Cirnic and Cetate, followed by pits at Jig and Orlea in Phase II. | WIKI |
| Resistance to RMGC's plans followed a Romanian Academy report on the project released in April 2003, which recommended that all cyanide mining be suspended in Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83. | WIKI |
| In November 2013 the senate rejected a draft law which would have paved the way for the mining project to go ahead. | WIKI |
| Previously, a parliamentary Special Commission concluded that the wording of the draft law was inadequate and recommended that a new law be introduced for the implementation of large scale mining projects across Romania. | WIKI |
| Amid speculation that the rejection of the draft law could mean the end of the mining project,[20] Gabriel have said that it is 'a first step in defining the next phase of developing Roxc8x99ia Montanxc4x83'. | WIKI |