63 / 92
63
0 125 250
500
750
1 000
1 250
1 500
1 750
2 000
2 250
2 500
2 750
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
CHINA
TANZANIA
INDIA
BRAZIL
ETHIOPIA
PAKISTAN
ZIMBABWE
MADAGASCAR
SIERRA LEONE
GHANA
PHILIPPINES
MALI
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
MOZAMBIQUE
NIGER
SUDAN
COLOMBIA
INDONESIA
ANGOLA
UGANDA
GUINEA
CHAD
KENYA
LIBERIA
BOLIVIA
ECUADOR
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
BURUNDI
ZAMBIA
MOROCCO
RWANDA
PERU
PANAMA
VIETNAM
MEXICO
CAMEROON
SOUTH AFRICA
GABON
NAMIBIA
GUYANA
SURINAME
VENEZUELA
NICARAGUA
TOGO
CHILE
BENIN
BOTSWANA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
SENEGAL
SOMALIA
ALGERIA
CUBA
FRENCH GUIANA
GUINEA BISSAU
LIBYA
%
Artisanal &
small-scale
gold mining
37.1%
Other
2.1%
Consumer product waste
4.9%
Chlor-alkali industry
1.5%
Contaminated sites
4.2%
Cement production
8.8%
Large-scale gold production
5.0%
2.3%
Primary production
of ferrous metals
9.9%
Primary production of
nonferrous metals
Coal burning
24.2%
No data available
200 kg
2 000 kg
20 000 kg
100 000 kg
450 000 kg
Source: UNEP (2013)
Global Mercury Assessment 2013: Sources,Emissions,Releases and Environmental Transport
,Switzerland: Geneva. Seccatore J. and et al (2014) “An estimation
of the artisanal small-scale production of gold in the world,”
Science of The Total Environment
, 496. World Gold Council (2015) Interactive gold mining map,
http://www.gold.org/GLOBAL GOLD
PRODUCTION
(2014)
ESTIMATES OF GOLD
PRODUCTION FROM
ARTISANAL MINING
(2012)
ESTIMATES OF
MERCURY EMISSIONS
FROM ARTISANAL
GOLD MINING
(2010)
BREAKDOWN OF MERCURY
EMISSIONS BY SECTOR, 2010
ESTIMATES OF NUMBER OF WORKERS IN ARTISANAL GOLD MINING SECTOR, 2012
(in 1000s)
ARTISANAL
GOLD MINING
&
MERCURY
EMISSIONS
CHINA
RUSSIA
AUSTRALIA
USA
PERU
CANADA
MEXICO
BRAZIL
GHANA
SOUTH AFRICA
CHINA
COLOMBIA
PERU
BOLIVIA
PHILIPPINES
CHINA
COLOMBIA
INDONESIA
INDONESIA
GHANA
BOLIVIA
SUDAN
TANZANIA