Resources

Draft report of the Global Mercury Partnership Advisory Group (PAG) 7th Meeting, which took place on 8 march 2016 in Dead Sea, Jordan.

MONGOLIA - Sustainable Artisanal Mining Project of Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation

This report presents a range of measures already taken by some countries in pursuit of their objectives to phase down or entirely eliminate the use of dental amalgam. It is intended that these examples may inspire and instruct other countries’ efforts to implement this provision of the Minamata Convention.

GLOBAL - Cordy Geosciences

The videos guide the viewer through the entire ASGM process chain and propose the "golden means" - better practices - that can be applied at each step in order to reduce the use of mercury and prevent this toxic metal from affecting the environment and human health.

World Chlorine Council Reporting

The World Chlorine Council, a member of the UNEP Global Mercury Partnership, has collected many useful information materials on a single page. These include information on managing mercury, reporting mercury use, safe disposal, and decommissioning.

GLOBAL - UN Environment

The video describes the use of mercury in gold extraction in small-scale mining activities. It further underlines the risks that mercury poses to the surrounding environment and people. It also presents an overview of alternative, environmentally-friendly methods that can be applied in place of mercury amalgamation. 

PACT, 2016

Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector continues to grow in size and significance. Its contribution to wealth creation, employment and the economy make it one of the nation’s most important livelihood activities, directly employing an estimated one million people and supporting approximately 4.5 million more.

Artisanal Gold Council, 2015

An early version of this report served as a background document for a WHO technical consultation on artisanal and small-scale gold mining and health, which took place on 1-2 October 2014 in Geneva, Switzerland. The overarching goals of this meeting were to: a)bring together world experts in order to take stockof current developments in the field.

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Alliance for Responsable Mining, Somos Tesoro, 2016

GLOBAL - Alliance for Responsible Mining

The video presents a certification scheme: The Fairmined Initiative that was created by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), a non-profit organization.

ECUADOR - Brandon Nichols, NBK Mining Engineering Department, University of British Columbia

An overview of the artisanal and small-scale gold mining practices used in Portovelo, Ecuador. The short film shows how miners extract their gold, crush it, process the ore and recover the gold using both mercury and cyanide. 

An update of the modelling of the intercontinental transport and source attribution of mercury deposition was done in 2015.

This document summarizes the main influences on efficiency and means available to increase it, with suggestions for future actions

This report details the current emissions from coal combustion in India and the emergence of new policies and options for emissions reduction.

GLOBAL - Group on Earth Observations

This video presents the objectives and the background of the the Global Mercury Observation System project funded by the European Union in 2010 to develop a coordinated global observation system for mercury.

The Practical Sourcebook aims to enhance the capacity of governments and other relevant stakeholders to store and dispose mercury wastes in an environmentally sound manner. Read the online version or download the pdf.

Country case study: Mercury added products: Country situation analysis in Bangladesh (Product inventory and emission source identification)

The report describes the two conventions and their approaches and compares them with regard to control of mercury emissions from the coal combustion sector.

In the light of new developments and studies on dental amalgam a request was submitted by the Commission to update the SCENIHR opinion produced in 2008 on the safety and performance of both dental amalgam and possible alternatives, such as resin-based composites, glass ionomer cements, ceramics and gold alloys.

Country case study: Replacing mercury-added products and promoting improved management of mercury-added products waste in Madagascar 

Artisanal Gold Council, 2015

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Alianza por la Minería Responsable, 2015