Sudan: Government bans use of mercury and cyanide in mining operations due to health and environmental impacts

 Sudan's Council of Ministers has issued directives calling an immediate halt to the use of toxic mercury and cyanide in mining operations in Sudan following mass protests in South Kordofan and elsewhere in the country...The council also ordered amendment of the agreements with companies working in the field of mining...

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