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| Author: | Tarras-Wahlberg, N. H. |
| Title: | Environmental management of small-scale and artisanal mining: the Portovelo-Zaruma goldmining area, southern Ecuador |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Management
2002 : JUN, VOL. 65:2, p. 165-180 |
| Index terms: | MINING INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT POLICY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This paper considers technical measures and policy initiatives needed to improve environmental management in the Portovelo-Zaruma mining district of southern Ecuador. In this area, gold is mined by a large number of small-scale and artisanal operators, and discharges of cyanide and metal-laden tailings have had a severe impact on the shared Ecuadorian-Peruvian Puyango river system. It is shown to be technically possible to confine mining waste and tailings at a reasonable cost. However, the complex topography of the mining district forces tailings management to be communal, where all operators are connected to one central tailings impoundment. |
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