Armenia’s Banavan residents are in the way of Hrazdan iron field minersMarch 14, 2011 - 17:21 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Residents of Banavan community in Armenian town of Hrazdan are being persuaded to sign documents relinquishing their homes. Instead, they’re offered lodgings till new houses are built for them, reads a letter obtained by PanARMENIAN.Net Banavan community is located at a distance of 1,4 km from Hrazdan iron field. On January 12, Fortune Oil Chinese company invested USD 24 million to purchase 35% of Bounty Resources Armenia Limited company’s shares. Bounty Resources Armenia Limited controls 3 irons fields in Armenia, including that in Hrazdan. Hrazdan’s iron ore has high quality, containing 40% iron. According to current plan, iron mining at Hrazdan will launch in 2014, with the annual output estimated at 1,5-2,0 tons. Top stories As a result of floods in Armenia’s northern Lori and Tavush provinces, 17 bridges, including five large ones, have collapsed. David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with Stephan Schütz, Executive Partner at Gerkan, Marg and Partners. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. |