Zimbabwe is ready for a significant pilot programme to reduce the use of mercury in small-scale and artisanal gold mining.
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Friday, February 14, 2025
Tuesday, February 11, 2025
Mining dredges return to Amazon River’s main tributary, months after crackdown
The dredges are equipped with a metallic arm known as a “pineapple,” which stirs up the riverbed. Large hoses bring the mud up to a conveyor belt, where mercury is used to separate gold from other sediments. The waste is then thrown back into the river, contaminating the water consumed by traditional communities. A recent study showed high levels of mercury in the Madeira River.
read more... https://news.mongabay.com/2025/02/mining-dredges-return-to-amazon-rivers-main-tributary-months-after-crackdown/
Saturday, February 8, 2025
The Push to Mine Gold Without Mercury–often sodium cyanide
In the Philippines, as in many places across the globe, mercury has long been central to how small - scale gold miners earn their living. Used as an easy way to separate gold from other minerals they mine, the heavy metal is highly toxic and can cause neurological damage, defects in utero, and even death.
read more... https://www.unitedchemicalcn.com/safety-environmental/sodium-cyanide64.html