1 Million Citizens Working in Traditional Mining in Sudan

The minister noted that the traditional mining is practiced by nearly 30 million miners worldwide and one million miners in Sudan using traditional machineries; however in the recent period they got advanced and introduced modern machineries.
He stressed the state care about this vital sector which produces 85 percent of the volume of the country’s produce of gold. He said the state is working on organising this sector and legalizing working in it along with its responsibilities related to health and safety.
El-Karouri said the Ministry’s plan is to seek means for curbing the misuse of mercury calling on the miners to stick to the measures of safety and environment safety as the first beneficiary is the traditional miner for his contribution in developing the local community.
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