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Overview of key operational articles under the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… USED ...... 8 ARTICLE 7 - ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD MINING … trade in mercury, laying down measures on primary mercury mining, stocks of mercury or mercury compounds, excess … “mercury-added products” (paragraph 2). PRIMARY MERCURY MINING Primary mercury mining is defined under Article 2 of …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Convention text of the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… on certain specific sources of mercury such as primary mining, and to control mercury-added products and … are used, as well as artisanal and small scale gold mining. The text of the Convention includes separate articles … of this Convention: (a) “Artisanal and small-scale gold mining” means gold mining conducted by individual miners or …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Implementation of key operational articles of the Minamata Convention

… Exemptions (Article 6) • Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (Article 7) • Emissions and releases (Article 8 and … purposes only  Each Party shall not allow primary mercury mining that was not being conducted at the date of entry into … for it  Each Party shall only allow primary mercury mining that was being conducted for a period of up to 15 …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

At a glance: Minamata Convention on Mercury

… to extract gold from ore in artisanal and small scale gold mining. It is contained in products such as electrical … coal-fired power and heat generation, cement production, mining and other metallurgic activities such as non-ferrous … released or emitted. The treaty also addresses the direct mining of mercury, its export and import, its safe storage …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Becoming a Party to the Minamata Convention on Mercury

… is used, released or emitted. It also addresses the direct mining of mercury, its export and import, its safe storage … for it.  Notification that artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing is more than insignificant, as per … B, or Parties which have artisanal and small-scale gold mining and processing that is more than insignificant). …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Rotterdam Convention - extract from InforMEA e-learning course

… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Introduction to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

… and agricultural activivites Population Deforestation and mining Tourism and infrastructure development Fisheries … alone is already a serious concern. Deforestation and mining Deforestation and mining, even if occurring many hundreds of kilometres inland, …
17 Jun 2026 Course lesson in Chemicals and Waste

Document - Freshwater Law and Governance: Global and Regional Perspectives for Sustainability

… Law, CIEL – San Mateo Case (Peru): Impacts of Mining on Human Rights, CIEL.ORG, … 14, 2012) (holding Teck Cominco Metals Ltd., a Canadian mining smelter company, jointly and severally liable to a …
17 Jun 2026 Document in Marine and Freshwater

UN Treaty Handbook

17 Jun 2026 Document in Environmental Governance

Groundwater in international law: Compilation of treaties and other legal instruments

… amounts to 10 million cubic metres or more. … 14. Major mining, on-site extraction and processing of metal ores or … electrical power generation, industrial, manufacturing and mining purposes; Management of a shared watercourse means (i) … of land use, including but not limited to public works, mining and the disposal of wastes, do not result in erosion, …
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