Log-Frame Analyses

Introducing New Technologies for Abatement of Global Mercury Pollution in Latin America

Authors: Marcello M. Veiga - UNIDO/UBC/CETEM/CNPq, (1997)

Economic aspects of reducing mercury pollution in artisanal gold mining

The presentation was given by Simon D. Handelsman and Dr. Marcello Veiga at the Canadian Institute of Mining Annual Meeting in Vancouver (May 2006)

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Health Assessment in Kadoma, Zimbabwe Final Report

Kadoma is a typical small-scale mining area with approximately 235,000 inhabitants in the Midlands in Zimbabwe. Artisanal small-scale miners use mercury to extract gold from the ore. It is estimated that approximately a few hundred thousand people work and live in similar small scale mining communities all over Zimbabwe. In the selected area there is no clean and safe drinking water, no waste disposal for the toxic mercury or any other waste or human discharge. Hygienic standards are extremely low and are a reason for many infectious diseases such as diarrhoea, malaria and parasitism.

Activities in Zimbabwe 2002-2007 Final Report

It is axiomatic that throughout the world artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is driven by poverty. This is especially the case in Zimbabwe, where 80% of the population is unemployed, with most people living in conditions of extreme poverty. Mining can produce environmental and health risks but also significant contributions to low income communities and the economy, and there is a growing need for development assistance in this sector in Zimbabwe.