Illegal gold mining in Peru  operations rely heavily on mercury amalgamation for gold extraction, creating widespread environmental contam...

  As a youth-led and youth-focused organisation, the NYBN is alarmed by a widening convergence of harmful practices: mercury-dependent minin...

  Mercury is widely used because it is cheap, accessible and effective at extracting gold from ore, but the amalgamation process produces to...

  It is at the ore processing stage that mercury, cyanide, and other harmful chemicals find their way into the rivers and the soil. Most ill...

  In many rural parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and South America, families live along rivers that shimmer with both gold dust and mercury. Arti...