And mining authorities pledged yesterday to serve a global agreement determines that mercury should be removed from the mining of the heavy pollution it causes.
In addition, economic enterprises engaged in the extraction of minerals should gradually reduce the use of reagents and chemicals in the processing and refining of minerals.
The proposal was approved yesterday by the Government authorities, representatives of mining cooperatives and small and medium mining in Cochabamba during the First International Forum on Mining "Green Gold", held in government facilities department with exhibitions of international experts.
For the president of the Legislative Assembly Department, Freddy Illanes, who represents the mining cooperative sector, the recommendation of the event is successful because all mining pollutes the environment, destroy aquifers and soil nutrients, returning farmland sterile .
"The cooperative miners are warned about the damage caused by the use of reagents, chemicals and mainly mercury, both in the health of humans and animals such as the environment. We have the great challenge of how to prevent contamination in the process of refining and concentration of minerals, "he said.
Agreement
Andia Angel, head of the Strategic Planning Unit, said the approach of not using chemicals aims to fulfill a global agreement whereby the United Nations and 130 countries agree to stop using, until February of next year mercury in mining.
"That means that cooperatives and private companies engaged in gold mining artisanal and small scale as in the case of Cochabamba, will have to take steps to reduce and eliminate the use of mercury in their production processes," he said.
Illanes Cochabamba reported that there are significant gold deposits in northern Ayopaya.
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