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Alluvial Gold Mining Technologies from Ancient Times to the Present
Mining, 2023 This article provides a comprehensive and chronological account of the technological advancements in alluvial gold mining. Gold has been a highly prized commodity throughout history and has played a significant role in humanity’s economic and cultural ...
Spyridon Mathioudakis +3 more
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Amazon forests capture high levels of atmospheric mercury pollution from artisanal gold mining
Nature Communications, 2022 Mercury emissions from artisanal and small-scale gold mining throughout the Global South exceed coal combustion as the largest global source of mercury.
J. Gerson +22 more
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Mercury and CO2 emissions from artisanal gold mining in Brazilian Amazon rainforest
Nature Sustainability, 2023 The Tapajós River basin in Brazil is one of the world’s regions most affected by artisanal gold mining (ASGM), which is responsible for the release of mercury and high energy consumption.
Benjamin Fritz +4 more
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Advances in Civil Engineering, 2023 In order to solve the problem that the broken rock mass is easy to collapse and fall during the excavation of a submarine gold mine, two kinds of bolt-mesh-concreting combined support schemes are designed by means of field engineering geological ...
Yu-yun Fan +6 more
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Distribution of In Situ Stress in Northwest Jiaodong Peninsula
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022 In order to study the present state of the tectonic stress field in northwest Jiaodong Peninsula, the characteristics of the ground stress distribution along depth were analyzed with the method of regression analysis.
Xingquan Liu +6 more
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Gold Mining in the Amazon Region of Ecuador: History and a Review of Its Socio-Environmental Impacts
Land, 2022 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) and large-scale mining in the Ecuadorian Amazon region is potentially harmful to nature, and its impacts are associated with environmental degradation and deterioration of people’s health.
Carlos Mestanza-Ramón +6 more
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 Mercury (Hg) is one of the most harmful metals and has been a public health concern according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world’s fastest-growing source of Hg and can release Hg into the ...
Pyae Sone Soe +4 more
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Geofluids, 2023 As the heat hazard problem in the deep mine becomes more prominent, it is difficult to alleviate the high-temperature problem by increasing the air supply and adjusting the ventilation mode alone.
Chunlong Wang +7 more
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Recovery of Copper and Cyanide from Copper-cyanide Solution by Direct Electrolysis [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 Using direct electrolysis method, the recovery of copper and cyanide from high concentration copper cyanide solution was researched. The distribution of copper cyanide species was calculated by stability constants and balance equation. The results showed
Gao Teng-Yue, Xu Chao, Qin Guang-Lin
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Tropical surface gold mining: A review of ecological impacts and restoration strategies
Land Degradation & Development, 2022 Surface gold mining severely degrades landscapes, causing deforestation, soil erosion and displacement, and toxic contamination. The prevalence of both large‐scale and artisanal, small‐scale surface gold mining in the tropics has risen over recent ...
Shrabya Timsina +6 more
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