Deployment of mercury-free mineral processing technology in Ghana

The uncontrolled use and exposure to mercury by artisanal and small scale miners is a major but largely neglected global health problem. Illegal ASM activities have assumed a national security phenomenon as key water sources are being destroyed. In view of these difficulties that irresponsible ASM brings, the introduction of efficient and cleaner technologies is at present the best solution for developing environmentally acceptable ASM activities. Commodity Monitor Limited, a commodity trading, logistics, and research company based in Accra, has rolled out the first-ever successful mercury-free mining equipment that efficiently recover more gold for artisanal and small-scale miners in Ghana without using any chemical like mercury and without polluting river bodies.