Registered mercury imports fall far below estimates of mercury consumption, meaning the vast majority of mercury flows are illicit. Thus, critical to reducing mercury use and flows is formalization, or at the very least, greater regulation of flows. As documented by various publications published under the Gold Watch initiative, informal and illicit flows of gold are an obstacle to such efforts. Mercury is supplied to upstream partners as a way of securing gold flows. In this way, the mercury and gold supply chains create a self-reinforcing cycle that can be difficult to break.
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