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Gold mining

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Peru tries to end the toxic use of mercury in gold mining

Environment

DW reporter Kathleen Schuster investigates projects in Peru that aim to reduce mercury pollution in small-scale gold mining.

The new water-based process being used by some independent Mongolian miners can extract up to 80% of the gold from the ore and is much cleaner than processes using mercury or cyanide.

These Mongolian miners are making gold greener. Now they want their government to help.

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Child gold mining in Philippines

In the Philippines, underwater gold mining comes with small payoffs and big risks

Environment