Improving the environmental management of small-scale gold mining in Ghana: A case study of Dumasi

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-221

  Babut, M ^a   Sekyi, R ^b   Rambaud, A ^c   Potin Gautier, M ^d   Tellier, S ^d   Bannerman, W ^d   Beinhoff, C ^e  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Environmental Protection Agency   (Ghana)

^c UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^e UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Austria)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Mercury; Sediment; Small scale mining

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MERCURY AMALGAMS; MINING; SEDIMENTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

GOLD MINES;

EID: 0037332774     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-6526(02)00042-2     Document Type: Article

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