Alert to Mina Băița, Call for the Establishment of a State of Emergency. Risk of Flooding and Pollution of the Waters of Bihor
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The Baița mine in Bihor County is in a critical situation after stopping the pumps that evacuate water from the underground. The authorities warn that the flooding of the galleys could cause pollution of the Baița River and the Black Crissus. According to Bihor's prefect, Emilian Pavel, the situation worsened after the private company that provides the pumping went into insolvency. The operation has been in place as early as May 2026, but the au…
The Băită mine in Bihor County risks being flooded after the installations that evacuate water from the underground have been shut down, due to a lack of personnel. The company that provides pumping is in insolvency, and the employees have left after the expiration of the notice. The water began to accumulate in the mine galleries, and the specialists warn that there is a risk of destruction of the installations ... The post A mine in Bihor risk…
After the ecological catastrophe that occurred in May 2025 after the flood of the Praid mine in Harghita, a new underground facility is in danger. It is the Baița mine in Bihor, which risks flooding. The Prefect of Bihor, Emilian Pavel asked to trigger the emergency situation in the area.
Mina Băită in Bihor risks flooding, and if the water accumulated in the galleries were to surface, it could pollute the river Băită and, further on, the Black Cris, warned the prefect of Bihor, Emilian Pavel. Although the private company Vast Băită Plai no longer extracted ore for about 20 months, its miners had continued to remove water from underground. Now, the company is in insolvency and has made its people available. Tuesday, pumping stopp…
The authorities in Bihor County arranged for urgent measures to assess the risk of flooding underground works at Mina Băița. The County Committee for Emergency Situations (CJSU) Bihor met on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, and adopted Decision No. 10, by which it constituted a working group that will verify the situation in the mining perimeter. Verifications at Mina Băița, Wednesday,...
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