Russia: Sverdlovsk forests to be cut down for gold and platinum
The government of Sverdlovsk region has approved the removal of over 300 hectares of forests on the territory of Bilimbayevskoye and Nizhne-Tagilskoye forestries. The former will lose the largest part (254 ha). The sites thus retrieved will be used to extract ore gold and platinum at Kostarevskiy gold-bearing site and Rublevikskaya platinum alluvial site. (Ukrainian…