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3 results for “LBMA chain of integrity” in Mining
Mining · 22 May 2026
The Other Supply Chain: Artisanal Mining and the Mercury Problem
…escapes into waterways is methylated by bacteria into a form that accumulates up the food chain, concentrating in the fish that downstream communities eat. · The scale of the emission ASGM is assessed as the single largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions to the atmosphe…
Amara Okonjo · 15 min read
Mining · 19 August 2026
Nine Grams a Tonne
…tly to daily fleet consumption at remote sites often served by a single, expensive supply chain. A mine in the high Andes or the Sahel pays not just the benchmark diesel price but a substantial logistics premium to truck fuel hundreds of kilometres to site, and that premium widen…
Amara Okonjo · 18 min read
Mining · 5 August 2026
Grade, Cut-off and the Arithmetic of an Open Pit
…ople expect · This mismatch between the pace of the gold price and the pace of the supply chain is the single most important structural fact in mine economics, and it explains a pattern repeated across every cycle: prices rise, the applause goes to explorers and developers, capit…
Amara Okonjo · 20 min read
