ROMANIA, 04.2003, Rosia Montana, Apuseni Mountains..Copper mine at Rosia Montana in the Apuseni Mountains. A 2 km away, the hills of Rosia Montana are threatened by a proposed gold mine open pit seven times greater. The cyanide used in the industry poses a major environmental hazard in the Danube basin. In 1999, following an accident at a gold mine similar in northern Romania, 300.000 tons of water spilled cyanide into the Tiza and Danube, causing the worst ecological catastrophe in Eastern... more »