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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

A picture of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Brazil and its mercury emissions and releases

 This study presents a picture of ASGM in Brazil and prospective numbers on mercury emissions and releases in 2016, when the country declared production of about 90 tonnes of gold, of which circa 25 tonnes came from ASGM. However, it is also necessary to consider the illegal production of ASGM which is estimated to vary between 10% and eight times more than the legal production.

read more... https://www.researchgate.net/publication/378677463_A_picture_of_artisanal_and_small-scale_gold_mining_ASGM_in_Brazil_and_its_mercury_emissions_and_releases

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