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The planetGOLD Guyana project is assisting artisanal and small-scale gold mining communities implement mercury-free technologies that also increase yield and profits. This video
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Going for gold: can small-scale mines be mercury free?
627;Small-scale and informal gold mining is a controversial but important global industry. It''s a crucial source of income for many rural communities, but also devastating for
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Can nations ever get artisanal gold mining right?
2024813;Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a pillar of stability and opportunity for at least 16 million people worldwide, particularly in rural, impoverished
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In Photos: Teaching Artisanal Gold Miners To Extract Gold Without Mercury
201651;From Indonesia to Senegal to Peru, the majority of artisanal and small scale miners around the world use toxic mercury in the gold mining process. As a result, artisanal
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The global challenge of reducing mercury contamination from
202432;Mercury contamination from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) currently accounts for 37% of the global total, often affecting tropical regions where
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Mercury-free, small-scale artisanal gold mining in Mozambique
201291;The benefits of eliminating mercury from the artisanal and small-scale gold mining process are clearly evident, and the complete absence of mercury use in the gold mining
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How “Small” Is Small-Scale Gold Mining?
Small-scale gold minors in Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana and Brazil are men, women and children, who are ether locals or migrant from the neighboring countries. Small-scale mining
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Without Mercury
611;Although many miners use mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining, it is possible to safely and economically recover gold without it. Mercury-free techniques are safer
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Ending the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining | Global Mercury
In a practice that dates back 3,000 years, many small-scale mines add mercury to gold ores to create an amalgam, which is then heated to evaporate the mercury, leaving only gold. Photo
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Alternatives to mercury use in small-scale gold mining
20201230;In Zimbabwe elemental mercury is used in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Mercury is mixed with gold-containing materials, resulting in
small scale gold mining without mercury
YouTubeJungle EpicMercury-Free Gold Extraction Using Borax for Small-Scale Gold
Small-scale gold mining is the largest anthropogenic contributor of mercury pollution on planet Earth. The miners grind gold ore together with mercury in order to recover the fine gold grains.
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Strategies for reducing the environmental impact of reprocessing
2010111;The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector is inextricably associated with poverty, as artisanal miners are driven to mine because there are few viable
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Mercury Use in Small-Scale Gold Mining
Mercury is very often used to extract the gold in this small-scale method of gold mining. The result is that ASGM causes the largest single “intentional-release” of mercury in the world. Because
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Reducing Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
2016127;A major source of air pollution from mercury, artisanal and small-scale gold mining releases approximately 400 metric tons of airborne elemental mercury each year.
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Ending the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining
In a practice that dates back 3,000 years, many small-scale mines add mercury to gold ores to create an amalgam, which is then heated to evaporate the mercury, leaving only gold. Photo
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) Production:
co-developed ASGM projects and co-authored the UNEP-funded Publication “Reducing Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining”. Daniel is Canadian and shares his time
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Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining (ASGM)
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a complex global development issue. When this is done without the use of a mercury capturing system, around 95% of mercury used is
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A PRACTICAL GUIDE
Policy makers, miners and civil society can use this document to learn about technologies and approaches for reducing and eliminating mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining
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GOLD WITHOUT MERCURY by planetGOLD
These three stories from Piura demonstrate that artisanal and small-scale mining is driven by the sincere efforts of people striving to create changes. Father and sons, mother and daughter
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(PDF) Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A grand
31;Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world’s largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions and releases. These have devastating consequences for
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planetGOLD Mongolia Project Concludes, Driving
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA – After six years, the planetGOLD Mongolia project officially concludes, marking a significant milestone in eliminating mercury use in Mongolia’s artisanal
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Promoting responsible use of mercury in mining
723;Peter, with more than 30 years of experience in artisanal and small-scale mining, perceived mercury like any other liquid and handled it without using the necessary
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Ending the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining
In a practice that dates back 3,000 years, many small-scale mines add mercury to gold ores to create an amalgam, which is then heated to evaporate the mercury, leaving only gold. Photo
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Detoxifying gold mining
Michigan State University researchers are working to better understand and reduce the health risks associated with mercury use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining. Artisanal and
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Global Mercury Program: Mined Without Mercury
Pure Earth trains artisanal and small-scale gold miners in safe and profitable mercury-free mining techniques to reduce their exposure to mercury and
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