Zimbabwe: UNDP Red Flags Rampant Mercury Use

17 February 2020

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), has raised a red flag over the rampant use of mercury by small-scale and artisanal miners in the processing of gold with a staggering 96 percent of them using the hazardous material.

UNDP's concerns come in the wake of the development agency having partnered the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development in a project that will culminate in the identification and solving of some of the key challenges facing small-scale miners in their quest to ramp up production.

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