The Impact Facility
Cyrus Maina, Andrew Moore & David Sturmes
English
Since 2018, The Impact Facility has been looking for practical ways to manage, mitigate an eliminate mercury use in the ASGM space. This report presents work carried out in mercury use sensitisation, with more than a dozen artisanal mining groups in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, reflecting on successes, challenges and failures experienced along the way
This guide describes the principals of reducing and eliminating mercury use in ASGM in an accessible manner. Featuring many photographs of ASGM equipment and techniques, the document explains the importance of milling and concentration, as well as other covering other topics such as retorts and tailings.
El Informe Anual de Progreso 2019/2020 publicado por planetGOLD ofrece una visión general de los progresos realizados desde el lanzamiento del programa planetGOLD a principios de 2019 e incluye datos desde el inicio de cada uno de los proyectos nacionales hasta el otoño de 2020. Este resumen ejecutivo ofrece una instantánea de los puntos clave del informe completo, a través de las 4 áreas programáticas clave del programa: formalización, acceso a la financiación, soluciones técnicas y acceso a los mercados formales.
planetGOLD está trabajando para acelerar la formalización, aumentar el acceso a la financiación formal y abrir vías a los mercados formales del oro para el sector de la minería artesanal y de pequeña escala del oro, creando las condiciones propicias para la adopción de una tecnología más eficiente y sin mercurio. Este informe ofrece una visión general de los progresos realizados desde el lanzamiento del programa planetGOLD a principios de 2019 e incluye datos desde el inicio de cada uno de los proyectos nacionales hasta el otoño de 2020.
With the results of these field researches, GOLD-ISMIA will develop a mobile application and a web portal database through which the estimation of the mercury avoided from the mercury-free processing units within the project locations can be monitored in a systematic way and on regular basis.
Field research conducted by the GOLD-ISMIA project team at Buwun Mas and Kedaro villages at the Sekotong field location investigated the mass balance of Hg during amalgamation in a rod mill.
En esta primera edición, el catálogo cuenta con empresas proveedoras de tecnologías para la explotación y procesamiento de mineral, las cuales cuentan con los requisitos mínimos como: RUC activo, domicilio fiscal habido y experiencia de atención a la MAPE. Además se incorporaron proveedores que vienen desarrollando innovación aplicado al sector.
The content in this blog is the result of the research paper authored by Natalia Uribe Martinez, Standards and Certification manager, as part of her master’s in Development Studies at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) at Erasmus Rotterdam University, The Hague, The Netherlands. This research article is being submitted for publication in the Journal Extractive Industries and Society.
With the aim of reducing the use of hazardous chemicals in the gold recovery process in artisanal mining, UNDP Ecuador and PAGE conducted a study revealing significant gains that artisanal miners, processing plants, laboratories and the state could have if the gold recovery process were transferred to small-scale mining plants with appropriate, mercury-free processes. Read the key results in this fact sheet.
The 2020 Report uses the Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8): “promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” as the framework for analyzing artisanal and small-scale mining's contributions to global development.
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