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Vice President has called on law enforcement to be firm in applying the ban on the use of mercury, including in small-scale gold mining.

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JAKARTA, KOMPAS – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has called on law enforcement to be firm in applying the ban on the use of mercury, including in small-scale gold mining. However, the people need assistance to ensure that they can carry out environmentally safe gold mining.

According to Kalla, artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) may no longer use mercury, while the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry was encouraging artisanal miners to carry out environmentally friendly mining techniques, such as by a using a simple trommel to process the gold.

"The government has banned it, but the violations are still happening," Kalla said in Jakarta on Tuesday.

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