Mercury trade and use for artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Sub-Saharan Africa

The present report is one of the main outputs of the World Bank project "Development of mercury trade di-agnostic for Sub-Saharan Africa". The project builds on the current efforts of the World Bank Group, Environ-mental & Natural Resources in Sub-Saharan Africa, focused on chemicals and wastes. It specifically con-tributes through the development of a sub-regional trade diagnostic of mercury in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the context of this project, particular attention has been given to the domestic trade of mercury surrounding artisanal and small-scale gold mining – the largest mer-cury use and demand activity in the region and globally, of which so far little is yet known.