ArmInfo. Workers of Alaverdi   Copper smelter at worst will be able to continue working  on field "Teghut". 

ArmInfo. The issue of appointing a new operator for the operation of the Teghut  copper-molybdenum deposit is currently being discussed, Acting  Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia  Garegin Baghramyan stated on November 21 answering the question of  ArmInfo.

ArmInfo.The government of Armenia is negotiating on attracting a new operator to the Teghut copper-molybdenum deposit development project. Acting Deputy Prime  Minister Tigran Avinyan said answering the question of the MP  Armenuhi Kyureghyan on November 14 in the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia.

ArmInfo. A number of foreign investors have already shown their interest in building  copper smelters in Armenia, Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  said at a hearing on the draft state budget 2019 on November 13.

ArmInfo. The Alaverdi  copper smelter sooner or later had to close or undergo modernization.  Tigran Avinyan, acting Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, stated this  on November 2 in an interview with journalists.

ArmInfo.The inspections at the Alaverdi copper smelter in Armenia were carried out as part of the annual scheduled inspection and were legitimate. This is stated  in the explanations of the Inspectorate for Ecology and Minerals of  the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia in  connection with the statement of "Armenian Copper Programme" (ACP -  part of the Vallex Group of Companies) on suspending the operation of  the Alaverdi Copper Smelter.

ArmInfo. The Armenian government intends to resolve the issue of the  copper smelting plant in Alaverdi in the context of the sustainable development of the Lori region, in  accordance with the requirements for environmental protection.

ArmInfo. issued  a statement about the reasons for the shutdown of the Alaverdi Copper  Smelter, owned by Armenian Kopr Program CJSC (ACP is a member of the  Vallex group of companies).

ArmInfo.The furnaces of the Alaverdi copper blister smelter are extinguished. "This is the last copper smelting produced in the plant: I report with great sorrow  that the heart of the copper smelter, the metallurgical plant, has  stopped since that moment," Garegin Antashyan, an employee of the  enterprise, wrote on his Facebook page the night before.

ArmInfo.The workforce of the Alaverdi copper-smelting copper smelter launched protest actions calling on the country's government to provide an opportunity for the enterprise to significantly increase sulfur dioxide emissions. Otherwise, the  fines imposed on the company by environmental supervisory authorities  make the operation of the enterprise unprofitable. The employees of  the enterprise on Wednesday passed a protest rally and even for a  short time blocked the interstate road leading to the  Armenian-Georgian border.

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ArmInfo. "Armenian Copper Program" CJSC (ACP) presented to the RA government a new program for the construction of a copper smelter, which according to the project  will become one of the largest plants in the region.

ArmInfo. By decision of the Deputy  Prime Minister of Armenia Tigran Avinyan, on July 12, a working group  was set up to provide state support to the preparatory work for the  construction of a new copper smelter by the Armenian Copper Program  CJSC (part of the VallexGroup structure), EcoLur reports.

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ArmInfo. Former head of the Ministry of Finance of Armenia Vardan Aramyan left to work in the private sector, becoming the executive director of a large mining holding Vallex Group.

ArmInfo. Yerevan. The exploitation of the Teghut mine is not stopped, it is only suspended for a while, and the mining operations will begin already at the end of the current year or the beginning of the next year. The Minister of Economic Development and Investments Suren Karayan said from the rostrum of the parliament.

ArmInfo. The Ambassador of the  People's Republic of China to Armenia Tian Erlong and the Minister of  Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia Ashot Manukyan discussed  today the issues of intensification of trade, economic and investment  ties between the two countries, paying special attention to the  project of building a copper smelter in Armenia. The press service of  the department reports.

ArmInfo. The investment program for the development of the Teghut copper and molybdenum deposit in the Syunik region of Armenia continues. The Minister of Economic Development and Investments of the Republic of Armenia, Suren Karayan, stated this during the meeting of the RA National Assembly deputies with members of the government on February 28 in response to the statement of MP from the opposition Elk faction Mane Tandilyan about the appearance of problems in the implementation of this investment program.

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ArmInfo. Today, Teghut CJSC  denied previously disclosed information in Armenia Media on the  Denmark's Export Credit Agency. It was about the recall of loan  provided by Danish partners for the implementation of programs for  the operation of the Teghut copper- molybdenum deposit in the Lori  region. Company's message provided to ArmInfo reads.