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Gold mining

Close-up of hands holding a piece of newspaper with a small pile of gold dust on it.
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Peru tries to end the toxic use of mercury in gold mining
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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.
Environment
These Mongolian miners are making gold greener. Now they want their government to help.
Child gold mining in Philippines
Environment
In the Philippines, underwater gold mining comes with small payoffs and big risks