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Zimbabwe: Mooted Mercury Ban Threatens $1bn Gold Sector [1]

The country's $1 billion gold production sector is under threat from the Minamata Convention that seeks to ban the use of mercury, a major chemical used by artisanal miners to trap the mineral from

Publication Date: 
05/07/2017
All Africa [2]
Tags:
Mining [3], Gold [4], Mercury [5], Heavy Metals [6], Zimbabwe [7], Water Pollution [8], Africa [9], Health Effects [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/all-africa
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/gold
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mercury
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heavy-metals
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/zimbabwe
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-effects