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Mercury contamination in fanned fish setup on former garimpo mining areas in the Northern Mato Grosso State, Amazonian region, Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2005-09-15)
The garimpo gold mining activity has released about 2.500 tons of mercury in the Brazilian Amazonian environment in the 1980-1995 period. The northern region of Mato Grosso State, an important gold mining and trading area ...
Mercury contamination in fanned fish setup on former garimpo mining areas in the Northern Mato Grosso State, Amazonian region, Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2005-09-15)
The garimpo gold mining activity has released about 2.500 tons of mercury in the Brazilian Amazonian environment in the 1980-1995 period. The northern region of Mato Grosso State, an important gold mining and trading area ...
Artisanal mining and the use of plant diversity
(Universidad Nacional de Colombia - Sede Medellín - Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, 2017-05-01)
This essay presents the variety of vegetation which is utilized in traditional mining activities in the municipalities of Cértegui (Subdistricts of: Cértegui cabecera, La Toma y Recta Larga) and the Panamerican Union ...
Re-imagining environmental governance: Gold dredge mining vs Territorial Health in the Colombian Amazon
This article describes and analyses an encounter in the Colombian Amazon between Indigenous practices and
arrangements to manage their environment and the conservation policies of the State. Indigenous peoples understand ...
Characterization and treatment of artisanal gold mine tailings
(2008)
The solid waste generated by artisanal gold mining, with high mercury and gold contents, can be found in several areas in the South America. The present study focused on the tailings of an artisanal gold mine area located ...
Unstable Malaria Transmission in the Southern Peruvian Amazon and Its Association with Gold Mining, Madre de Dios, 2001-2012
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017)
The reemergence of malaria in the last decade in Madre de Dios, southern Peruvian Amazon basin, was accompanied by ecological, political, and socioeconomic changes related to the proliferation of illegal gold mining. We ...
Designing the SART process – A review
(Elsevier, 2018)
Almost twenty years ago, the first paper about the SART process was published, and eleven years ago the first
SART plant was commissioned and operated at Telfer mine, in Australia. Up to this moment, seven SART processes
have ...
Some observations on gold in the weathering profile at Garimpo Porquinho, an artisanal mine in the Tapajós Region, Brazilian AmazonSome observations on gold in the weathering profile at Garimpo Porquinho, an artisanal mine in the Tapajós Region, Brazilian Amazon
(Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Geociências, 2006)