The Role of Gold Processing Plants in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining report explores the potential role of gold processing plants in driving the sustainable formalization, legitimization, and professionalization of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) value chains. It examines gold processing plants and their impact on the gold value chain, with a focus on six country case studies and 14 processing plants. Its purpose is to drive better understanding of the role that responsibly managed and commercially viable gold processing plants could play in improving environmental and social performance, incentivizing formalization, and facilitating more effective due diligence as the basis for growing the inclusion of responsible ASGM into responsible value chains.
The overall goal of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership is to protect human health and the environment from the releases of mercury.