Part 4 on Geology, Politics and Philosophy: Resources and Mining
![](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/hdeak/wp-content/uploads/sites/922/2020/10/Cetate_open-pit_gold_mine.jpg)
The Topic Idea
Romania has a deep history with geology and with mining. Gold was mined since the Roman times. There was a lot of competition between nations to gain control over Romania’s gold fields in Transylvania.
![](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/hdeak/wp-content/uploads/sites/922/2020/10/900px-Salvati_Rosia_Montana.jpg)
Graffiti “Salvaţi Roşia Montană” (cf. rosiamontana.org) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania
![](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/hdeak/wp-content/uploads/sites/922/2020/10/32361833755_9ccf9d16be_o.jpg)
The Rosia Montana gold and silver mining project in Romania’s Apuseni Mountains has been in and out of the environmental headlines in recent years. It is a fascinating case of the new market economy trying to conduct a dirty old industrial activity in a completely new and much cleaner way – at least in Romania.
![](https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/hdeak/wp-content/uploads/sites/922/2020/10/Rosia_Montana_Roman_Gold_Mines_2011_-_Galleries-1024x768.jpg)
Rosia Montana Roman Gold Mine
Recent comments