Clean artisanal gold mining: A utopian approach?

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 99-115

  Hinton, Jennifer J ^a,b   Veiga, Marcello M ^a,b   Veiga, A Tadeu C ^a,c  

^a Centre for Responsible Mining (CRM)   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c GEOS Geologia para A Mineração Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Artisanal mining; Clean technologies; Mercury pollution; Mineral processing; Processing centers; Small scale mining

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; MERCURY AMALGAMS; MINING; POLLUTION; WEATHERING;

ARTISANAL MINING;

GOLD MINES;

EID: 0037332766     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-6526(02)00031-8     Document Type: Review

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