Mercury: An agent of poverty in Ghana's small-scale gold-mining sector?

By G. Hilson, S. Pardie. 2006

184 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Economics and Econometrics

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In Building and Construction

1. J. McQuilken
2. David Botchie
3. George Ofosu
4. A. Dittmann
5. David Sarpong
6. G. Hilson
7. Boris Verbrugge
8. Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah

In Economics and Econometrics

1. J. McQuilken
2. David Botchie
3. George Ofosu
4. A. Dittmann
5. David Sarpong
6. G. Hilson
7. Boris Verbrugge
8. Sadia Mohammed Banchirigah

Citations in the corpus

• Socio-economic and environmental implications of Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) on agriculture and livelihoods (2020, background): “The ‘hot money’ economic malaise has also been attributed to the mercury amalgamation processes for mineral extraction (Hilson and Pardie, 2006) and the high cost of living in ASM communities (Labonne, 2014).”
• Four decades of support for artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: A critical review (2014, background): “Source: Hilson and Pardie, 2006 Why have the region's miners struggled to escape this trap, and what have governments and donors done to tackle the problem?”