Mercury is used in gold mining to extract gold from ore by forming “amalgam” – a mixture composed of approximately equal parts mercury and gold. Mercury vapors in the air around amalgam burning sites can be alarmingly high and almost always exceed the WHO limit for public exposure. These exposures affect not only ASGM workers but also those in the communities surrounding the processing centers.
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and health
Mercury and Health
Mercury in Skin Lightening Products
Promoting the Phase Down of Dental Amalgam in Developing Countries
A journey towards responsible gold in West Africa
Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining - Facts and Figures
Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining Project in Peru and Ecuador
Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM): Eliminating the worst practices
Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - English
Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - French
Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury - Spanish
Formalization Handbook
GEF GOLD Program
Introduction to mercury use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining
Key control measures under the Minamata Convention - English
Key control measures under the Minamata Convention - French
Key control measures under the Minamata Convention - Spanish
Khaidarkan mercury: Addressing primary mercury mining in Kyrgyzstan
List of Alternatives to Mercury-added Products
Mercury Acting Now!
Mercury Management for Sustainable Development
Mercury Management fort Sustainable Devleopment - Arabic
Mercury Management fort Sustainable Devleopment - French
Mercury Management fort Sustainable Devleopment - Spanish
Mercury: Time to Act
Minamata Convention Initial Assessments (MIA) GHANA
Minamata Convention Initial Assessments (MIA) NIGERIA
Minamata Convention on Mercury at a glance - English
Minamata Convention on Mercury at a glance - French
Minamata Convention on Mercury at a glance - Spanish
Minamata Initial Assessment (MIA) in Senegal
Mission to Minamata
Mobile data collection tool for national ASGM overview
National Action Plans (NAP) for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in the DRC
Overview of the Minamata Convention on Mercury - English
Overview of the Minamata Convention on Mercury - French
Overview of the Minamata Convention on Mercury - Spanish
Overview of the negotiations process - English
Overview of the negotiations process - French
Overview of the negotiations process - Spanish
Practical steps of the ratification, acceptance, approval or accession processes and notifications u...
Practical steps of the ratification, acceptance, approval or accession processes and notifications u...
Practical steps of the ratification, acceptance, approval or accession processes and notifications u...
Provision of the Convention on financial and technical support - English
Provision of the Convention on financial and technical support - French
Provision of the Convention on financial and technical support - Spanish
Reducing Mercury Use in Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining
The reality of mercury management
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Minamata Convention on Mercury
UNDP Kyrgyzstan: How to clean up a broken mercury thermometer
UNIDO's Partnering with Ecuador and Peru Curbing Mercury Use in Artisanal Gold Mining
UNITAR and Swiss government’s support to the Minamata ratification process