The application of direct smelting of gold concentrates as an alternative to mercury amalgamation in small-scale gold mining operations in Ghana

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 304-315

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ghana; Gold; Mercury; Small scale mining; Smelting

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; SMELTING;

AVERAGE RECOVERY; DIRECT SMELTING; GHANA; GOLD CONCENTRATE; LABORATORY INVESTIGATIONS; MINING COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH INTERESTS; SMALL-SCALE MINING;

MERCURY AMALGAMS;

FUEL; GOLD; MERCURY; SULFIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GOLD MINE; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMALL SCALE MINING; SMELTING;

AMALGAMATION; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GHANA; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MINING; SAND; SMELTING;

GHANA;

EID: 77952495515     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEP.2010.033238     Document Type: Article

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