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Life cycle assessment of an industrial gold mining in Mali
PurposeIn addition to its considerable economic benefits, mining generally has a significant environmental impact on the ecosystem and human health,...
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Monitoring Gold Mining Activity Using SAR
The expansion of gold mining has had a large impact on the rainforests of the Amazon over the last decades. To take just one example, it has affected...
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Legacy effects of historical gold mining on floodplains of an Australian river
The gold rush at the end of the nineteenth century in south-eastern Australia resulted in the mobilization and re-deposition of vast quantities of...
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Mercury and CO2 emissions from artisanal gold mining in Brazilian Amazon rainforest
The Tapajós River basin in Brazil is one of the world’s regions most affected by artisanal gold mining (ASGM), which is responsible for the release...
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Spectral characteristics of the correlation between elemental arsenic and vegetation stress in the Yueliangbao gold mining
Some soils in the Yueliangbao gold mining area have been contaminated by heavy metals, resulting in variations in vegetation. Hyperspectral remote...
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and biodiversity: a global literature review
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is crucial to the livelihoods of close to 20 million people in over 80 countries, including 4-5 million...
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Application of life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) in the gold mining sector: a systematic review
PurposeGold mining is one of the most generative economic activities in many develo** countries. Gold mining operations are generally recognized...
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Artisanal gold mining in Kakamega and Vihiga counties, Kenya: potential human exposure and health risk
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) represents 20% of gold supply and 90% of gold mining workforce globally, which operates in highly...
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An analysis of the foremost issues with artisanal and small-scale gold mining from Ghana’s perspective
Ghana has abundant mineral reserves in many of its regions, and gold mining remains one of the country’s main sources of revenue. Given Ghana’s...
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Elevated mercury exposure in bird communities inhabiting Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining landscapes of the southeastern Peruvian Amazon
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) represents a significant source of anthropogenic mercury emissions to the environment, with potentially...
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Mercury bioaccumulation in bats in Madre de Dios, Peru: implications for Hg bioindicators for tropical ecosystems impacted by artisanal and small-scale gold mining
Mercury (Hg) endangers human and wildlife health globally, primarily due to its release from artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM). During gold...
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Life cycle impacts assessment of two gold extraction systems in Colombia: open-pit and alluvial mining
PurposeGold mining has historically and significantly contributed to the Colombian economy. Gold extraction in Colombia is mainly done through two...
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A new hazard assessment workflow to assess soil contamination from large and artisanal scale gold mining
Gold mining activities are undertaken both at large and artisanal scale, often resulting in serious ‘collateral’ environmental issues, including...
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Review: Artisanal Gold Mining in Africa—Environmental Pollution and Human Health Implications
About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to...
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The detection and monitoring of pollution caused by gold mining using a vegetation cover index
This study explores how a vegetation cover (VC) index can be employed as a pollution warning tool in gold mining areas in the Northwest of Iran. The...
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Determination of the Impacts of Mining Activities on Land Cover and Soil Organic Carbon: Altintepe Gold Mine Case, Turkey
Mining activities degrade the landscape and ecosystems by introducing new land uses that alter soil characteristics. Map** of this degradation is...
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Mercury and artisanal and small-scale gold mining: Review of global use estimates and considerations for promoting mercury-free alternatives
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is present in over 80 countries, employing about 15 million miners and serving as source of livelihood...
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Comprehensive Water Quality and Heavy Metal Pollution Assessment of the Lom River in Bekao Gold Mining Sites (Adamawa-Cameroon) Using the Pollution Indices and Multivariate Statistical Approach
Uncontrolled artisanal and semi-mechanized mining activities generate growing pressure on water resources. This work investigated the water quality...
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The global challenge of reducing mercury contamination from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM): evaluating solutions using generic theories of change
Mercury contamination from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) currently accounts for 37% of the global total, often affecting tropical...
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Atmospheric mercury in forests: accumulation analysis in a gold mining area in the southern Amazon, Brazil
The spatial distribution and dispersion of mercury (Hg) is associated with the structural conditions of the environment, primarily land use and...
