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Brochure: Formal Gold Trading with Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (English)

planetGOLD Philippines 2021 English

The brochure intends to encourage small-scale miners to sell gold to the BSP and its authorized representatives. It contains the advantages of selling gold formally, the basic information about the BSP, and its gold-buying conditions.
Countries:

Philippines
Topics:

Income/Livelihood

Mercury-Free Mining

Supply Chains
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Roadmap to Mercury Avoided in Six Project's Sites

planetGOLD Indonesia 2021 English

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.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions
Countries:

Indonesia
Topics:

Mercury-Free Mining
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Quantifying Hg loss from amalgamation and potential Hg reduction with Hg-free processing

planetGOLD Indonesia 2020 English

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.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions
Countries:

Indonesia
Topics:

Mercury-Free Mining
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Catálogo de proveedores de tecnologías para la MAPE

PNUD Perú (planetGOLD) 2021 Spanish

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.
Knowledge Areas:

Technical Solutions
Countries:

Peru
Topics:

Mercury-Free Mining
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Mercury exposure of women in Four Latin American Gold Mining Countries

Lee Bell, IPEN Dave Evers, BRI and Mark Burton, BRI English

This study of mercury levels in women from four Latin American communities is the latest compilation of data in IPEN’s global mercury biomonitoring program. Hair samples were taken from women living in or near the mining towns of Vila Nova, Brazil, El Callao, Venezuela, Íquira, Colombia, and two groups living in Bolvia's Beni river system.
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization
Countries:

Colombia

Bolivia
Topics:

Gender

Health/Safety

Mercury-Free Mining
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Folleto Resumen Taller: Experiencias exitosas sobre MAPE responsable

PNUD Perú 2021 Spanish

El taller internacional "Experiencias exitosas sobre MAPE responsable" se realizó entre el 11 y 15 de enero del 2021 más de 30 organizaciones mineras e instituciones internacionales públicas y privadas de Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Indonesia, Honduras y Perú compartieron sus experiencias exitosas en la adopción de tecnologías limpias, así como la aplicación de mejores prácticas en la MAPE.
Countries:

Peru

Ecuador

Colombia

Bolivia

Indonesia
Topics:

ASGM Data Collection

Gender

Mercury-Free Mining

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Mining Laws and Policies
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Brochure -International Workshop: ASGM Experiences

UNDP Peru 2021 English

The international workshop "Successful Experiences in Responsible ASGM" was held between January 11 and 15, 2021, more than 30 mining organizations and international public and private institutions in Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Indonesia, Honduras, and Peru shared their successful experiences in adopting clean technologies, as well as implementing best practices in ASGM.
Countries:

Peru

Bolivia

Colombia

Ecuador

Indonesia
Topics:

ASGM Data Collection

Gender

Mercury Trade

Mercury-Free Mining

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Mining Laws and Policies
Download .pdf (13.7 MB)
Training Handbook for Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners in Zimbabwe

PACT English

Pact Zimbabwe has piloted trainings to enhance artisanal and small-scale gold miners’ skills in three districts: Gwanda, Kwekwe and Shurugwi. Trainings have covered topics which include; safety and environment management, mining legislation, efficient mining techniques, mercury abatement, child labour, gender equality & mining and financial literacy. To ensure trainings are replicable and sustainable beyond the life of ZAAMP, and to build the capacity of local organizations to conduct similar trainings, Pact Zimbabwe consolidated training materials into a Training Handbook
Knowledge Areas:

Formalization

Access to Finance
Topics:

ASGM Data Collection

Child Labor

Environment and Biodiversity

Gender

Health/Safety

Income/Livelihood

Mercury-Free Mining

Mining Laws and Policies

Training
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Análisis TSA en el sector de la Minería Artesanal y de Pequeña Escala de oro en Ecuador

PNUD Ecuador 2021 Spanish

El Análisis Focalizado de Escenarios (TSA por sus siglas en inglés) provee información económica para apoyar una toma de decisiones informadas sobre políticas y/o inversiones dentro de sectores productivos. El TSA promueve la integración de la gestión de servicios ecosistémicos en los sistemas productivos e informa si las políticas de desarrollo e inversión sectorial tienen sustento económico adecuado.
Knowledge Areas:

Access to Finance

Formalization
Countries:

Ecuador
Topics:

ASGM Data Collection

Mercury-Free Mining

Responsible Gold Criteria

Supply Chains

Income/Livelihood

Mercury Trade

Mining Laws and Policies

Minamata Convention/National Action Plan

Sustainable Development Goals
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Comic Book: Mercury in Artisanal Gold Mining

planetGOLD Indonesia, Marcello Veiga 2021 English

What is mercury, and what can happen if you are exposed to it? In this comic book created by the planetGOLD Indonesia project with a script by Professor Marcello Veiga, these topics and more are explored through animated characters teaching young audiences fundamental truths about the dangers of mercury in ASGM and how they can avoid it.
Knowledge Areas:

Awareness Raising
Countries:

Indonesia
Topics:

Mercury-Free Mining

Environment and Biodiversity

Health/Safety

Human Rights

Mercury Trade
Download .pdf (9.97 MB)

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