Dundee Precious fined because of violations in Zlatitsa

The gold mining company Balkan Mineral & Mining, a subsidiary of the Canadian Dundee Precious Metals, has committed violations on the territory of the town of Zlatitsa and the eponymous railway station, a joint inspection by the Ministry of Transport, Information Technology and Communications and the Civil Crisis Headquarters, established.

The company has not paid rent for the daily use of a 260 sq m site for unloading of the National Company Railway Infrastructure. Because of this violation, Balkan Mineral & Mining has been fined by the Transport Ministry under the Obligations and Contracts Act. The company has damaged the road approaches to the railway station, built with taxpayers’ money and, for years on end, has been transporting its cargoes in violation of the set 16-tonne limit, for which it is liable to sanctions by the Executive Agency Automobile Administration.

The inspectors have set December 5th as the deadline for the company to remove a derailed crane threatening the life and health of passengers and citizens. The Canadian company has also clogged the collector catch basins for which penalties are projected, too.

The Transport Ministry has concluded that Balkan Mineral & Mining must stop its operation on the territory of the Zlatitsa railway station and move its unloading site to the Pirdop factory railway station.

In addition, following a signal from the Coalition for Sustainable Development, the Conflict of Interest Committee has been ordered to check for conflict of interest several municipal councillors in Chelopech, who are employed at Balkan Mineral & Mining, according to the coalition.

For the time being, there is no decision on whether the investment proposal of Balkan Mineral & Mining for gold mining in Krumovgrad is to be approved or not, announced the Ministry of Environment and Waters.

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