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[UNEP Mercury Inventory toolkit Level 1 example letter for collecting information
from the mining industry: To be adjusted as relevant in the national context and
copied to or printed on letter format of your government/agency department]
Annex 1
Your mining operation has been identified as a potential source for releases of
mercury from primary metal production. Please see the attached cover letter
providing more information about the project.
In order to more accurately compile our national inventory please provide us with
and enter your data as requested in the table below. PLEASE FILL IN ALL THE
BLANK BOXES IN THE TABLE BELOW. Kindly provide data from [the year .... ],
or the last year with available data.
Does your mining
operation cover any of
the following
activities?

Yes or
No

Production of zinc from

concentrates*

Requested data
covering your
companys activity
in this country

Annual consumption
of relevant
concentrate/ore**

Year for
data
provided

Metric Tonnes
concentrate used
per year
Metric Tonnes
concentrate used
per year
Metric Tonnes
concentrate used
per year
Metric Tonnes
bauxite processed
per year
Metric Tonnes gold
ore used per year

Production of copper
from concentrates*
Production of lead from
concentrates*
Alumina production from
bauxite (aluminium
production)
Large scale gold
extraction by methods
other than mercury
amalgamation

Notes: *In cases of co-production of several metals from the same concentrate,
please report the amount of concentrate for the metal produced in the highest
amount. If different concentrates are used for the different metals, please report
the annual data for each concentrate type. **as specified in column 3.
Does your mining
operation cover any of
the following activities?

Yes or
No

Requested data
covering your
companys activity in
this country

Primary ferrous metal

production (raw iron
production)

Metric Tonnes pig iron

produced per year

Extraction and processing

of other non-ferrous metals
(nickel)

Metric Tonnes
produced per year

Annual
production

Year for data

provided

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Gold extraction with
mercury
amalgamation with
use of retorts

Kg gold produced per

year

We anticipate that you have the types of data requested above, should you
however only have other data types for the same operations, please provide us
with these data with clear indication of the units used.
Please also forward us, as feasible, any additional documentation for the
numbers provided and other information you may have at hand (e.g. direct
measurements or information about emission controls in place).

Name and location of mine:

______________________________________________________________________________
Name and contact data for your contact person in case of questions:
______________________________________________________________________________
Kindly return you reply to this questionnaire to NO LATER THAN [insert date,
approx. 2 weeks only] to:
[insert name, e-mail and postal address to recipient in research team]
Thank you for your cooperation in this regard!

Sincerely

[Name of research team member, and signature if sent by paper mail]