The identification and testing of a method for mercury-free gold processing for artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Ghana

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 289-303

  Styles, M T ^a   Amankwah, R K ^b   Al Hassan, S ^b   Nartey, R S ^b  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Gold; Mercury free processing; Small scale mining; Smelting

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HEALTH HAZARDS; MERCURY AMALGAMS; METALS; SMELTING;

DIRECT SMELTING; GHANA; GOLD MINERS; GOLD PROCESSING; MERCURY-FREE; SMALL SCALE; SMALL-SCALE MINING;

MINERS;

GOLD; MERCURY;

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ARTISANAL MINING; GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; SMELTING;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHANGE MANAGEMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; LEACHING; METHODOLOGY; MINER; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ROCK; SCREENING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 77952466927     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.033237     Document Type: Article

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