Colombia has filed a 255-article bill to replace its 2001 mining code, banning mercury and offering hundreds of thousands of informal miners a legal route.
Colombia · Business
Key Facts
—The bill. 255 articles, filed with Congress by the Ministry of Mines and Energy on July 28.
—The name. Mining Law for a Just Energy Transition, National Reindustrialisation and Mining for Life.
—Mercury. Prohibited outright.
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