Mercury Watch

Mercury

Watch

Charting the improvement of artisanal small-scale gold mining

ASM = Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining; All figures in metric tonnes.

Country	ASM_Presence	Min ASM Mercury	Max ASM Mercury	Mean ASM Mercury	Year	Chlor-alk Plants	Year	Mercury Exported	Year	Mercury Imported	Year	Gold Exported	Year	Gold Imported	Year
Albania		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	6.187	1996	0.03	2008	0.054	2008	0	2003
Algeria		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	82.8	2004	0.042	2007	0.674	2008	18.18	2007
Andorra		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.003	1997	0.021	2004	0.357	2004
Angola		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010
Anguilla		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Antigua and Barbuda		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010					0.008	2007	0.008	2007
Argentina		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	4	2010	0.431	2008	24.052	2008	99.018	2008	0.032	2008
Armenia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.005	2003	1.924	2009	1.204	2009
Aruba		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Australia	APLA (2010)	0.000	2.000	1.000	2010	0	2010	11.63	2009	25.332	2009	381.746	2009	273.469	2009
Austria		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.565	2008	0.587	2008	20.291	2008	72.617	2008
Azerbaijan	?	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	1	2010			20	2008			0.006	1997
Bahamas		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.298	2006	0.126	2000	0.381	2008
Bahrain		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.092	2005	0.008	2007	0.056	2007
Bangladesh		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010			30.1	2007			0.7	2007
Barbados		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.006	2008	0.007	2008	0.024	2007	0.014	2008
Belarus		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	42.076	2007	0.001	2004	0.003	2001	0.007	2001
Belgium		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	3	2010	110.676	2008	133.274	2008	24.537	2008	19.454	2008
Belize		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.002	2005	0	1992	0.011	2008
Benin	Yager et al (2002)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.218	1999	0.536	2006	0.001	2001
Bhutan		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.009	2008			0.002	2008
Bolivia	Graham (2002); Hentschel et al. (2002)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010	0.024	1998	0.002	2009	4.422	2009	2.31	2009
Bosnia Herzegovina		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	3	2010	2.2	2007	0.012	2008	0	2007	0.221	2008
Botswana	Madawo (2007)	0.500	1.000	0.800	2010	0	2010			0.027	2008	3.067	2008	0.141	2007
Brazil	Blore (2007); Veiga (1997)	30.000	60.000	45.000	2010	4	2010	135.837	2009	37.986	2009	45.61	2009	0.361	2009
Brunei Darussalam		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.002	2006			0.007	2006
Bulgaria		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.12	2006	0.006	2008	0.407	2008	8.686	2008
Burkina Faso	Hiyate (2008); Saywell (2008); ILO (1999)	3.000	7.000	5.000	2010	0	2010			0.878	2005	0.364	2005	0.001	1996
Burundi	Cumming (1997) ; Priester and Hentschel (1992)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.458	2007	2.166	2008	0.028	2000
Cambodia	Sotham (2001)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010			0.015	2001	2.178	2003	1.441	2004
Cameroon	?	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.003	2006	0.032	2003	0.629	2004
Canada	Basque (1991)	0.000	2.000	1.000	2010	0	2010	4.964	2009	3.49	2009	238.789	2009	167.664	2009
Cape Verde		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.002	2005	0	2003
Central African Rep.		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.019	2000	4.134	2005
Chad	Mobbs (1996)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.002	1995			0	1995
Chile	Castro and Sanchez (2003)	3.000	5.000	4.000	2010	0	2010	2.07	2007	0.474	2008	33.527	2008	0	2008
China	Saywell (2007); Gunson and Veiga (2004)	237.000	652.000	444.500	2010	3	2010	0.03	2004	169.677	2008	0.563	1998	76.239	1998
China, Hong Kong SAR		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.15	2008	0.079	2008	318.768	2008	216.125	2008
Colombia	Harris (2006); Lacerda (2003)	50.000	100.000	75.000	2010	1	2010	0.001	2009	130.393	2009	57.386	2009	0.072	2009
Comoros		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0	2006
Congo		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Cook Isds		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010					0	2005	0.002	2007
Costa Rica	Northern Miner (1998, v 84, no. 17); Veiga (1997)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010	0.078	2001	0.056	2008	1.957	2008	0.485	2008
Côte d'Ivoire	Mobbs (1998)	0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Croatia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	0.001	2008	0.002	2009	0.14	2009	1.221	2009
Cuba		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010			7.461	2006	0.215	2003	0.078	2006
Cyprus		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.028	1999	0.001	2008	0.013	2008	0.203	2008
Czech Rep.		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	6.283	2008	3.565	2008	5.864	2008	3.047	2008
Denmark		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.108	2009	0.191	2009	0.74	2009	3.972	2009
Dominica		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.002	2005			0.003	2003
Dominican Rep.	Veiga (1997)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0	2008	0.871	2009	2.801	2009
Ecuador	GMP Phase II Prep (UNIDO, 2010); Robertson (2006); Betancourt et al (2005)	15.000	60.000	50.000	2010	0	2010	2.449	2007	10.994	2009	13.611	2009	0	2007
Egypt		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			7.535	2008	0.815	2008	6206.338	2008
El Salvador		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.746	2009	0.559	2009	0.077	2009
Eritrea		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Estonia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	3.4	2005	0.001	2008	0.001	2006	1.163	2008
Ethiopia	Labonne (2002)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.197	2008	3.781	2008	0.001	2007
Faeroe Isds		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.002	2006			0	2006
Fiji		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.006	2007	0.077	2007	0.002	2007
Finland		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	6.213	2009	2.188	2009	4.292	2009	0.548	2009
France		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	6	2010	2.667	2009	223.708	2009	22.448	2009	16.88	2009
French Guiana	FrÃ©ry et al (2001)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010			1.593	1995	2.253	1995
French Polynesia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0	2009	0	2009	0.043	2009
Gabon	Northern Miner (2003, v. 89, no. 40); Priester and Hentschel (1992)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010	0.014	1996	0.006	2006	0.001	2003
Gambia	Dolley (1996)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.003	1995	0.001	2000	0	2008
Georgia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.585	1998	0.001	2005	7.892	2008	0.003	2008
Germany		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	9	2010	113.439	2008	19.928	2008	115.428	2008	118.516	2008
Ghana	Northern Miner (2007, v. 93, no. 39); Babut et al (2003)	3.000	6.000	4.500	2010	0	2010	0.687	2000	11.771	2008	70.227	2008	0.614	2008
Greece		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	0.117	1994	2.628	2008	0.009	2008	15.92	2008
Greenland		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0.001	2006
Grenada		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.005	2008			0.013	2008
Guadeloupe		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			1.312	1995	0.01	1995	0.018	1995
Guatemala	UNEP (2005)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	0	2010	0.276	2008	0.952	2008	1.246	2008	0.511	2008
Guinea	Labonne (2002)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.002	1999	10293.394	2008
Guinea-Bissau	Dolley (1996); Bermudez-Lugo (2002)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010
Guyana	Couture and Lambert, (2003)	10.000	20.000	15.000	2010	0	2010	1.828	2003	60.023	2008	8.254	2008	0.909	2007
Haiti		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Honduras	Attenborough (1999); Veiga (1997)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010	0.651	2006	0.124	2007	10.433	2007	0.034	2007
Hungary		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010			4.293	2008	0.657	2008	0.281	2008
Iceland		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0	2007	0.013	2006	0.245	2008
India	Duval (2004); Siddaiah (2001)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	10	2010	100.879	2008	62.305	2008	0.185	2008	723.502	2008
Indonesia	Castilhos et al (2006); Telmer, 2009; YTS, 2010	150.000	200.000	175.000	2010	5	2010	1.98	2008	7.791	2008	30.213	2008	3.999	2008
Iran	?	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	4	2010	0.126	2004	95.354	2006			3.578	2005
Iraq		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010
Ireland		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.425	2007	0.997	2008	0.064	2008	1.929	2008
Israel		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	14.677	2007	0	2008	2.235	2008	2.348	2008
Italy		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	5	2010	84.247	2008	21.754	2008	50.225	2008	166.101	2008
Jamaica		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.005	2006			0.001	2008
Japan		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	156.984	2008	3.453	2008	398.502	2008	35.1	2008
Jordan		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	23.5	1994	0	2009	12.907	2009	0.865	2009
Kazakhstan	?	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010	1.242	2006	0	2003	27.89	2008	0.087	2008
Kenya	Yager et al (2002)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010	4.484	2008	9.769	2008	1.013	2008	0.052	2008
Kiribati		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Kuwait		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.007	2007	0.136	2007	5.562	2007
Kyrgyzstan	Appel et al (2003)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010	460.476	2004	0	2001	9.894	2007	0.072	2007
Latvia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.004	2003	0.055	2008	0.013	2009	0.038	2009
Lebanon		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.025	2008	1.395	2008	12.254	2008	19.51	2008
Lesotho	Coakley (2002)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0	2002			0	2004
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010
Lithuania		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	5.875	1998	0	2009	0.009	2009	0.013	2009
Luxembourg		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.014	2003	0.004	2008	0.986	2008	0.218	2008
Madagascar	Rajaobelina (2003)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	0	2010	0.002	2004	0.002	2008	0.05	2008	0.001	2008
Malawi	Dreschler (2001)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0	2008			0.004	2003
Malaysia	Priester and Hentschel (1992)	2.000	5.000	3.500	2010	0	2010	36.4	2009	91.922	2009	117.619	2009	117.751	2009
Maldives		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0	2008			0.001	2007
Mali	Northern Miner (2008, v93., no. 47; no. 50); MMSD (2002)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	0	2010	2.792	2008	0.035	2007	51.772	2008	2.412	2004
Malta		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.358	2000	0.025	2008	0.306	2008	6.82	2008
Martinique		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.022	1995	0.01	1994	0.103	1995
Mauritania	Mbendi (2004)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010					4.634	2008
Mauritius		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.111	2006	0.01	2009	0.342	2009
Mayotte		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0.007	2007
Mexico	Graham (2003); Veiga (1997)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	2	2010	58.476	2008	15.339	2008	511.994	2008	143.831	2008
Mongolia	Grayson (2007)	8.000	15.000	11.500	2010	0	2010			0.077	2001	11.576	2007	0.006	2007
Montserrat		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0.003	2005
Morocco		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	0.002	2006	0.859	2008	0.869	2008	0.526	2008
Mozambique	Spiegel et al (2006)	3.000	5.000	4.000	2010	0	2010			0	2008	0.284	2008	0.006	2003
Myanmar		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010
Namibia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.002	2001	1.2	2007	2.762	2008	0.206	2008
Nepal		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.085	2003			0	2003
Netherlands		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	192.605	2008	293.481	2008	37.44	2008	41.012	2008
New Caledonia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.03	2008	0.001	2008	0.041	2008
New Zealand	?	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010	0.618	2009	0.004	2009	20.17	2009	1.382	2009
Nicaragua	Attenborough (1999); Rosario and Ault (1997)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	0	2010	27.988	1993	1.11	2007	4.846	2007	0	2003
Niger	Alfa (2000)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.004	2000	1.222	2008	0.01	2006
Nigeria	Vaccaro (2006); Priester and Hentschel (1992)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0	2008			0	2007
North Korea		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Norway		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.02	2003	0.025	2009	3.865	2009	0.67	2009
Occ. Palestinian Terr.		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0	2007
Oman		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.405	2008	0.149	2008	7.074	2008
Pakistan		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	51.9	2008	36.976	2008			0.976	2008
Panama	Attenborough (1999)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	0	2010			0.154	2008	0.396	2008	0.084	2008
Papua New Guinea	Crispin (2003)	2.000	4.000	3.000	2010	0	2010			1.778	2004	67.264	2004	0	2004
Paraguay		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.05	2009	0.077	2009	0	2004
Peru	Brooks et al (2006)	20.000	40.000	30.000	2010	4	2010	86.545	2008	92.718	2007	459.289	2008	0.003	2007
Philippines	Israel and Asirot (2000); SAICM, 2010	50.000	90.000	70.000	2010	2	2010			7.656	2008	89.335	2008	29.472	2008
Poland		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	3	2010	17.68	2008	14.405	2008	13.86	2008	4.513	2008
Portugal		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0	2008	18.295	2008	1.371	2008	1.536	2008
Qatar		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.004	2004	0.001	2008	0.004	2008	0.157	2008
Rep. of Korea		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	0.03	2008	12.789	2008	46.386	2008	48.383	2008
Rep. of Moldova		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.001	2008	0.013	2009	0.001	2009
Réunion		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Romania		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	3.32	2006	0.415	2009	1.222	2006	0.435	2006
Russian Federation	Stepanov and Yusupov (2001)	7.000	15.000	11.000	2010	3	2010	9.893	2008	1.476	2008	51.619	1998	0.165	1998
Rwanda	Priester and Hentschel (1992)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.001	2002	0.005	2006	0.001	2002
Saint Kitts and Nevis		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0.001	2007
Saint Lucia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.005	2006			0.067	2006
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.006	2001	0.358	1994	0.015	2008
Samoa		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Sao Tome and Principe		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0.001	2004
Saudi Arabia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.004	2004	0.812	2007	4096.307	2007	31.152	2007
Senegal	Savornin et al (2007)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	0	2010	0.003	1997	0.05	2005	1.861	2008	0.083	2008
Serbia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	4	2010	0.001	2006	1.002	2008	0.302	2008	0.001	2008
Serbia and Montenegro		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	65.272	2004	1.408	2004	0.015	2004	0.03	2004
Seychelles		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.002	2003			0.073	2008
Sierra Leone	Thonae (2004)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010			0.024	2002
Singapore		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	150.31	2008	179.428	2008	83.459	2008	72.203	2008
Slovakia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	0.006	2005	5.822	2008	2.914	2008	170.863	2008
Slovenia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0	2008	0.009	2009	0.129	2009	0.81	2009
South Africa	Beales (2005); Mahlatsi and Guest (2003)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010	1.964	2008	14.198	2008	0.056	2008	0.147	2008
Spain		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	8	2010	639.207	2008	417.865	2008	6.972	2008	438.738	2008
Sri Lanka		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.016	2008	2.035	2008	0	2006	5.249	2008
Sudan	Ibrahim (2003)	0.500	1.000	0.800	2010	0	2010			1.017	2008	26.996	2006	10.756	2007
Suriname	Heemskerk (2003)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010			4.398	1995	0.25	1996	0.141	1995
Swaziland		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	35	2001	0.403	2007	0.016	2007	20.96	2007
Sweden		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	0	2008	14.354	2008	18.485	2008	2.821	2008
Switzerland		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	25.372	2009	0.801	2009	15.705	2009	12.834	2009
Taiwan		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
TFYR of Macedonia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	18.02	2003	0	2008	0.03	2007	0.002	2009
Thailand	Umbangtalad et al. (2007)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	0	2010	0.177	2008	6.205	2008	130.211	2008	240.226	2008
Timor-Leste		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0	2005
Togo	Yager et al (2002)	3.000	5.000	4.000	2010	0	2010	2.07	2007	13.619	2007	25.632	1999	0.005	1997
Tonga		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Trinidad and Tobago		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.038	2004	0.278	2008	0.072	2008	0.148	2008
Tunisia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.006	2007	0.021	2008	0.203	2008	0.452	2008
Turkey		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.089	2009	1.635	2009	164.646	2009	52.693	2009
Turkmenistan		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Turks and Caicos Isds		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0	2004
Tuvalu		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Uganda	World Bank (2003)	0.500	1.000	0.800	2010	0	2010	1.1	2007	0.312	2008	3.134	2008	0.001	2008
Ukraine		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	33.8	2008	4	2007	0.002	2007	27.572	2008
United Arab Emirates		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	2	2010	1.88	2008	1.963	2008	344.688	2008	523.586	2008
United Kingdom		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010	10.652	2009	1.121	2009	23.838	1999	239.083	1999
United Rep. of Tanzania	educated guess (Telmer, 2010 + ref)	30.000	60.000	45.000	2010	0	2010			2.539	2007	46.223	2007	0.452	2007
United States	Weekend Prospector (2004)	1.000	2.000	1.500	2010	5	2010	0	2008	154.995	2008	812.111	2008	263.568	2008
Uruguay		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	1	2010			0.002	2009	4.39	2009	0.003	2000
Uzbekistan	Trung (2001); Northern Miner (v. 83 no. 41, 1997)	0.050	0.500	0.300	2010	0	2010
Vanuatu		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010							0.001	2007
Venezuela	Veiga et al (2005)	10.000	20.000	15.000	2010	0	2010	17.019	2003	0.012	2008	4.412	2008	0.122	2008
Viet Nam	Trung (2001); Northern Miner (v. 83 no. 41, 1997)	5.000	10.000	7.500	2010	0	2010	0	2003	0	2008	17.506	2008	124.986	2008
Wallis and Futuna Isds		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010
Yemen		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010			0.003	2008	14.396	2007	1.566	2008
Zambia		0.000	0.000	0.000	2010	0	2010	0.009	1998	0.098	2007	0.905	2008	0.005	2007
Zimbabwe	Kambani (2003)	0.500	1.000	0.800	2010	0	2010			6.144	2008	2.217	2008	0.002	2008

Sep 03, 2010 16:15 NY Time
GOLD (ozt)		SILVER (ozt)		MERCURY (76lb. flask)	MERCURY (kilo)	MERCURY (ozt)	Gold:Mercury ratio
1246.60	-4.70	19.85	+0.20	1,300	37.71	1.17	1065.47