The rise and fall of mercury: Converting a resource to refuse after 500 years of mining and pollution

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-36

  Hylander, Lars D ^a,c   Meili, Markus ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Final deposition; Mercury consumption and consumption patterns in America and Europe; Mercury price development; Mercury production; Mercury waste

Indexed keywords

COAL COMBUSTION; GOLD MINES; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; MERCURY MINES;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; GLOBAL HG EMISSIONS; GOLD MINING; POTENTIAL TRANSFER;

MERCURY (METAL);

ALKALI; AMALGAM; CHLORINE; COAL; GOLD; MERCURY; SILVER;

MARKET CONDITIONS; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MINING; POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; CONSUMER; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MARKET; MINING; NORTH AMERICA; POLICY; POLLUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SWEDEN; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 11244280928     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643380490492485     Document Type: Article

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