Mercury Recycling in Artisanal Gold Mining: The Good and the Bad
By Kevin Telmer - July 16, 2013
The promotion of simple mercury recycling technologies called retorts to reduce human exposures and environmental contamination is one of the most widely recommended interventions in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) communities. However if they aren’t introduced correctly, retorts are often abandoned or misused, which wastes resources and develops cynicism […]