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Rosia Montana Project goes on: Court Decision Reaffirms Urbanism Certificate 87/2010 for the Rosia Montana Project

April 19, 2012

RMGC won 15 major trials in the last two years The people of Rosia Montana need steady jobs. The NGOs that oppose creation of jobs abusively burden the courts of law, by submitting legally non-grounded requests Bucharest 18 April 2012 – The Cluj Tribunal reaffirmed the validity of the Urbanism Certificate 87/2010, rejecting the initiative [...]

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