Zimbabwe seeks to reduce mercury use by 4,8t in 5 years

ZIMBABWE has set a target to reduce the use of mercury in gold production by 4,85 tonnes while improving the management of 76 000 hectares of land in the next five years.

The targets are part of the five-year, planetGOLD Zimbabwe project that is supported by the Global Environment Facility, led by the UN Environment Programme and executed by IMPACT in partnership with the Mines and Mining Development, and Environment, Climate and Wildlife ministries.

planetGOLD aims to reduce the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining, which is the world’s largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions, while improving the health and lives of local mining communities.

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