Phasing Out Mercury? Ecological Economics and Indonesia's Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector

Treatment of small scale gold mining wastewater using pilot-scale sedimentation and Cocopeat filter bed system

The use of amalgamation process to recover gold from mined ores by the small-scale gold miners in the Philippines and other developing countries produces and dispose of untreated wastewater to the receiving water bodies. In this study, a field-scale filter bed system was constructed to treat heavy metal metal-laden wastewater collected from small-scale gold mining site in Paracale, Camarines No...

Quicksilver & Gold: Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

The Economics of Phasing Out PVC

Note: Portions of the original text presented prices for specific local markets as of mid-2003. Since these are now out of date, and it has not been possible to confirm or update them, they have been removed from this version. All other portions of the text are unchanged from the original. The Global Development And Environment Institute is a research institute at Tufts University dedicated to ...

Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.

Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining and processing represents a major environmental and human health concern in Eastern and Southern Africa. Approximately 200,000-300,000 persons are involved in small-scale gold mining activities in Tanzania and > 200,000 persons in Zimbabwe. Mercury (Hg) is used mainly for the processing of primary gold quartz veins and supergene gold...

Mercury Exposure Assessment and Spatial Distribution in A Ghanaian Small-Scale Gold Mining Community

Mercury is utilized worldwide in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and may pose a risk for miners and mining communities. While a number of studies have characterized mercury in ASGM communities, most have focused on a single media and few have taken a holistic approach. Here, a multiple media exposure assessment and cross-sectional study of mercury was conducted in 2010 through 2012...