Zimbabwe’s government is taking action to support a more responsible artisanal gold mining sector, launching a $23.7 million USD project to reduce mercury across mine sites in the country.

A toxic chemical used to extract gold from ore, mercury damages the lungs, skin, and eyes. The chemical can travel far from where it is released, polluting the air, water, and soil. Furthermore ...

But since we'd picked that method, we needed to get our hands on some mercury. The most common ore of mercury is called cinnabar. Its scientific name is mercury sulfide (HgS). In its pure ...