* Baia Mare mayor, Cătălin Cherecheş: "The operation of the Romaltyn plant in that location is illegal"
* Aurica Todoran, the head of the Legal Department of Baia Mare: "We have requested information from the Agency for Mineral Resources about the license of Romaltyn"
The scandal between the mayoralty of the city of Baia Mare and Romaltyn began recently, after the local council decided to change the intended use of the area where the plant is located. The representatives of Romaltyn said, at the time, that they would consider any possible actions to end this situation, including suspending the operations or even withdrawing the investments they made.
"Romaltyn" isn't yielding to the decision of the Local Council of Baia Mare and has announced that it rules out the relocation of the plant for continuing its activity, as this would involve far too high economic costs, making the project completely unfeasible.
The former "Aurul" plant, currently held by Romaltyn, will not be moved, in spite of the decision of the Local Council to change the intended use of the plot of land that the plant is located on, one of the reasons being the far too high economic costs, of about 30 million dollars, according to statements by the officials of the company.
They stressed that the relocation of the plant, following the decision of the Local Council, is impossible, both due to legal reasons which concern the existence of the exploitation license, as well as due to economic reasons.
"Romaltyn has a license for the current positioning. Furthermore, the current lease exploitation license number 1/1998 and extended successively according to the law through addenda until 2017 regulates the industrial nature of the perimeter where the plant is located" a recent press release of Romaltyn states.
The option of moving the plant is out of the ques
