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Mercury poisoning from artisanal gold mining equipment [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining uses mercury to isolate gold from ore. Although uncommon in the United States, it is more common in poor and undeveloped countries.
Andrew Waack, BS +2 more
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Gravity Concentration in Artisanal Gold Mining [PDF]
Minerals, 2020 Worldwide there are over 43 million artisanal miners in virtually all developing countries extracting at least 30 different minerals. Gold, due to its increasing value, is the main mineral extracted by at least half of these miners. The large majority use amalgamation either as the final process to extract gold from gravity concentrates or from the ...
Marcello M. Veiga, Aaron J. Gunson
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The Mercury Problem in Artisanal and Small‐Scale Gold Mining [PDF]
Chemistry - A European Journal, 2018 AbstractMercury‐dependent artisanal and small‐scale gold mining (ASGM) is the largest source of mercury pollution on Earth. In this practice, elemental mercury is used to extract gold from ore as an amalgam. The amalgam is typically isolated by hand and then heated—often with a torch or over a stove—to distill the mercury and isolate the gold.
Louisa J Esdaile, Justin M Chalker
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Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 The Peruvian Amazon is facing the highest known input of mercury pollution of any ecosystem globally. Intact forests located near artisanal gold mining are particularly at risk from this toxin.
Jacqueline R. Gerson +22 more
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Gold and diamond artisanal mining in Liberia: Under the umbrella of (in)formality? [PDF]
Resources Policy, 2023 Liberia intends to harness the development potential of artisanal mining through formalization. However, there are several obstacles that the country needs to overcome for it to succeed. The existing literature provides evidence on the challenges faced by miners and local authorities, but fails to make a distinction between different types of ...
Bazillier, Rémi +2 more
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Knowledge and perceptions of health and environmental risks related to artisanal gold mining by the artisanal miners in Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional survey [PDF]
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017 INTRODUCTION: artisanal gold mining is an activity ensuring the survival of about 700,000 families in Burkina Faso with a considerable contribution to the national economy.
Adama Sana +2 more
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Water quality of streams associated with artisanal gold mining; Suárez, Department of Cauca, Colombia [PDF]
Heliyon, 2021 JOSÉ Antonio Gallo Corredor +1 more
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L’essor de l’activité minière à l’Ouest du Kenya
EchoGéo, 2023 In Kakamega County, in Western Kenya, mining activity and in particular artisanal gold mining offers today more attractive income than its traditional agricultural sector. However, artisanal miners remain limited in the exploitation of gold resources due
Joseph Bohbot
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Environmental Research Communications, 2023 Illegal artisanal gold mining threatens biodiversity conservation within protected areas. The objectives of this study were to: (i) assess the environmental impacts of illegal artisanal gold mining in Chewore Safari Area (CSA) and (ii) assess trends in ...
Jeremiah Chakuya +3 more
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Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 Introduction: Although artisanal gold mining has contributed to livelihoods in many rural communities across the world, it has destroyed and polluted several water bodies.Methods: Using Prestea in the southwestern region of Ghana, this paper demonstrates
Albert Kobina Mensah +2 more
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