Going Beyond the State to Strengthen the Rule of Law : Local Activists, Transnational Networks, and Gold Mining in Bulgaria - Environmental Inequalities Beyond Borders - page 227

Table 10.1
Summary of gold-mining cases

Chelopech Krumovgrad Popintsi

Contextual factors

History of mining Yes No Yes

Environmental
conditions

Polluted, mining contamination Parts natural, other parts with

agricultural pollutants

Mining contamination

Resident opinion Split, plurality for Vast majority against Vast majority against

Political/economic
factors

Mining infrastructure Ethnic minority; agricultural Deposit in mountain above

town

Investor/date of
proposal

Dundee Precious Metals Dundee Precious Metals Euromax/Martern

Local-level actors

Organized
opposition

Weak in Chelopech, strong in
Chavdar

Strong, political mobilization Strong, direct action,

referendum

Positions of local
offi cials

For Against Against

Local fi rms For Not relevant Not relevant

Movement actors

National issue
groups

Cyanide-Free Bulgaria (CFB) CFB major campaign CFB support after local

initiative

National general
groups

None beyond CFB Nature park mobilization Green Balkans early advice

Transnational
organizations and
networks

Central and East European
Bankwatch (CEEB)

CEEB, Greek and Turkish opposition,
European Parliament

Not mobilized, some
publicity about the
blockade