Brazil probes Mercado Libre sales of mercury used by illegal gold miners
Public prosecutors chasing illegal gold mining in Brazil’s Amazon region on Wednesday opened an investigation into on-line sales of mercury through Mercado Libre, Latin America’s largest e-commerce site.
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Nature emits mercury but not as much as humans do
Mining News Pro - Even though it has been estimated that anthropogenic activities have increased the global mercury reservoir in the ocean by 21%, the total amount of the toxic heavy metal, which includes what is produced by natural sources, has not been calculated until now.
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‘Right material’ to efficiently remove mercury from water shows promising results
Mining News Pro - Researchers at Drexel University have found the right material to efficiently catch mercury —even at low levels— and clean up contaminated bodies of water.
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Illegal mercury trade for gold mining uncovered
Mining News Pro - An international team of researchers has developed a new method for examining global mercury trade data inconsistencies based on estimating and comparing the mercury input of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) activities to the total mercury available domestically.
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Highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution now found in Amazon rainforest due to gold mining
Mining News Pro - After performing the first-ever measurement of terrestrial deposits of atmospheric methylmercury – the most toxic form of mercury – an international team of researchers found that the highest levels of atmospheric mercury pollution in the world are now found in pristine areas of the Amazonian rainforest.
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De Beers pleads guilty to failing to report mercury monitoring results at Victor mine
Mining News Pro - In a resolution to a years-long dispute, De Beers Canada has plead guilty to one count of failing to report annual mercury monitoring results for the G2 station at Victor mine in 2014 as required under the mine’s Certificate of Approval.
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Zimbabwe bans use of mercury in mining
Mining News Pro - Zimbabwe has banned the use of mercury in mining and placed controls on its release from industrial operations, joining several countries that have phased out the toxic metal, state media reported on Tuesday.
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Mine ponds cause toxic mercury pollution in the Peruvian Amazon
Mining News Pro - A recent study by researchers in Peru and the US found that, in the past 35 years, there has been a 670% increase in the extent of pits and ponds created by miners digging for small deposits of alluvial gold in the Peruvian Amazon.
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Mercury Free Mining testing Goldrop equipment in Ghana
Mining News Pro - New technologies bring tested by Mercury Free Mining in Ghana may end the horror of mercury use in artisanal gold mining.
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Mercury limits on coal plants no longer `appropriate,` EPA Says
Mining News Pro - The Trump administration is proposing that limits on mercury pollution from power plants are too costly to justify and no longer “appropriate and necessary,” a finding that could make it difficult to impose more stringent curbs in the future.
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