Civilian gold mining


Civilian gold mining
MBC organized a workshop on the civilian mining of gold, scopes and risks. The speakers were:
 Professor Asim Moghrabi
 Dr. Mohamed Yahya
 Dr. Yagoub Abdalla
 Ust. Mohamed Ibrahim Kabaj
Dr. Taj El Din El Tayeb and Ust. Ibrahim Hassan Mustafa led the discussions.
The speakers addressed the environmental effects of the civilian mining, and its health and social hazards affecting the miners and the local communities, particularly the side effects and the risks of using mercury in the extraction process of gold.