Mercury in artisanal and small scale gold mining : identifying strategies to reduce environmental contamination in Southern Ecuador
This investigation builds on research about mercury use in custom processing centers in Portovelo-Zaruma Southern Ecuador, where around 3000 people are directly involved to produce around 9 tonnes/annum of gold. The lack of understanding about mercury dynamics during gold processing reduces the deve...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/27914 |