Arsuz public did not allow chrome mine CED meeting

The EIA Public Information Meeting of the Chrome Mine project in Höyük Village of Arsuz District of Hatay was once again blocked by the struggle of the local people, nature and life advocates.
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Makbule KILIÇ
Hatay Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The local people did not allow the EIA meeting to be held for the chrome mine planned to be built in Höyük district of Arsuz district of Hatay.

Local residents attended the meeting venue intensely. Krommer Mining Ltd. The public information meeting regarding the mining operation area of ​​the company could not be held as a result of the reactions of the people of Höyük and environmentalists. Stating that the chrome quarry area, which will cover an area of ​​1,820 hectares, will affect the forest and agricultural area in the region negatively, the residents of the region expressed their opposition to the mining enterprise and they did not want the information meeting, and it was recorded that the EIA meeting could not be held, and it was recorded in the minutes.

It was noteworthy that the EIA meeting was exempted from this ban during the period when the Arsuz District Governorship prohibited all kinds of meetings and announcements in the city for 15 days.

For the EIA meeting, which will take place at 11:00 the previous day, the officials of the Hatay Provincial Directorate of Environment and Urbanization declared that they did not open the meeting because the people gathered in Höyük neighborhood did not agree to inform.

The report stated, “The meeting was not held and opened due to the intense reaction of the public and their unwillingness to inform.” The gendarmerie took extensive security measures and did not allow anyone except Hüyük births to enter the neighborhood before the EIA meeting started.
WE DO NOT WANT MINE SITES IN ARSUZ!

Arsuz Mayor Asaf Güven, CHP Deputy Suzan Şahin, Muhtars, trade unions, trade associations and representatives of many institutions including political parties were also present in order not to hold an EIA meeting.

In the statement of the institutions that issued a joint declaration in Iskenderun and Arsuz, the following was stated: “Do not touch our water, nature and living spaces.

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