MINAMATA CONVENTION

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                    [Title] => Philippines ratifies treaty on mercury phaseout
                    [Summary] => The Philippines has ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the world’s first legally binding treaty to phase out mercury.
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                    [AuthorName] => Louise Maureen Simeon
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                    [Title] => Indophil lauds ban on mercury use in artisanal mining
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Australian mining firm Indophil Resources has lauded the Philippine government’s ban on the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).

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                    [Title] => UN sees mercury use phase-out within 3 decades
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A new global treaty could eliminate within three decades the commercial use of mercury in everything from batteries, paints and skin-lightening creams to utility plants and small-scale gold mining, the head of the U.N.'s environment agency said Thursday.

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Philippines ratifies treaty on mercury phaseout

By Louise Maureen Simeon | July 13, 2020 - 12:00am

The Philippines has ratified the Minamata Convention on Mercury, the world’s first legally binding treaty to phase out mercury.

Business

Indophil lauds ban on mercury use in artisanal mining

October 20, 2013 - 12:00am

Australian mining firm Indophil Resources has lauded the Philippine government’s ban on the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).

Agriculture

UN sees mercury use phase-out within 3 decades

By John Heilprin | October 18, 2013 - 7:34am

A new global treaty could eliminate within three decades the commercial use of mercury in everything from batteries, paints...

World