Author

Veiga ML

Professor - Cited by 9,421 - mining - environment and sustainability

Biography

Veiga ML is a Reader with a joint appointment at Departamento de Morfologia, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, RS, Brasil. She holds a Career Development Fellowship from the Cancer Research UK. She leads projects in genetic, molecular and cancer epidemiology
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The Colombian artisanal mining sector: Formalization is a heavy burden
MM Veiga, BG MarshallThe Extractive Industries and Society 6 (1), 223-228, 2019201
90
2019
Formalization of artisanal miners: stop the train, we need to get off!
BG Marshall, MM VeigaThe Extractive Industries and Society 4 (2), 300-303, 2017201
81
2017
A review of the failed attempts to curb mercury use at artisanal gold mines and a proposed solution
MM Veiga, O FadinaThe Extractive Industries and Society 7 (3), 1135-1146, 2020202
59
2020
Women in artisanal and small scale mining in Africa
JJ Hinton, BE Hinton, MM VeigaWomen Miners in Developing Countries, 209-226, 2017201
47
2017
Evidence of transboundary mercury and other pollutants in the Puyango-Tumbes River basin, Ecuador–Peru
BG Marshall, MM Veiga, RJ Kaplan, RA Miserendino, G Schudel, ...Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 20 (4), 632-641, 2018201
46
2018
Evidence of reduced mercury loss and increased use of cyanidation at gold processing centers in southern Ecuador
AO Gonçalves, BG Marshall, RJ Kaplan, J Moreno-Chavez, MM VeigaJournal of Cleaner Production 165, 836-845, 2017201
44
2017
An investigation of mercury sources in the Puyango-Tumbes River: Using stable Hg isotopes to characterize transboundary Hg pollution
G Schudel, RA Miserendino, MM Veiga, PC Velasquez-López, PSJ Lees, ...Chemosphere 202, 777-787, 2018201
43
2018
Cyanidation of mercury-contaminated tailings: potential health effects and environmental justice
K Drace, AM Kiefer, MM VeigaCurrent environmental health reports 3, 443-449, 2016201
39
2016
Cyanide contamination of the puyango-tumbes river caused by artisanal gold mining in Portovelo-Zaruma, Ecuador
BG Marshall, MM Veiga, HAM da Silva, JRD GuimarãesCurrent Environmental Health Reports 7, 303-310, 2020202
37
2020
Assessment of mine ventilation systems and air pollution impacts on artisanal tanzanite miners at Merelani, Tanzania
LP Mayala, MM Veiga, MB KhorzoughiJournal of Cleaner Production 116, 118-124, 2016201
34
2016
Gravity concentration in artisanal gold mining
MM Veiga, AJ GunsonMinerals 10 (11), 1026, 2020202
34
2020
An affordable solution for micro-miners in Colombia to process gold ores without mercury
MM Veiga, P Masson, D Perron, AC Laflamme, R Gagnon, G Jimenez, ...Journal of Cleaner Production 205, 995-1005, 2018201
34
2018
Training artisanal miners: A proposed framework with performance evaluation indicators
R Stocklin-Weinberg, MM Veiga, BG MarshallScience of The Total Environment 660, 15-1541, 2019201
33
2019
Locals’ attitudes toward artisanal and large-scale mining—A case study of Tambogrande, Peru
ZT Orozco, M VeigaThe Extractive Industries and Society 5 (2), 327-334, 2018201
31
2018
Mercury isotopic signatures of tailings from artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in southwestern Ecuador
G Schudel, R Kaplan, RA Miserendino, MM Veiga, PC Velasquez-López, ...Science of the total environment 686, 301-0, 2019201
31
2019
Estimation of mercury losses and gold production by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)
A Yoshimura, K Suemasu, MM VeigaJournal of Sustainable Metallurgy 7, 1045-1059, 2021202
30
2021
Investigation of mercury cyanide adsorption from synthetic wastewater aqueous solution on granular activated carbon
P Aliprandini, MM Veiga, BG Marshall, T Scarazzato, DCR EspinosaJournal of Water Process Engineering 34, 101154, 2020202
29
2020
Teaching artisanal miners about mercury pollution using songs
MM Veiga, BG MarshallThe Extractive Industries and Society 4 (4), 842-845, 2017201
21
2017
The myth of gravity concentration to eliminate mercury use in artisanal gold mining
G Martinez, OJ Restrepo-Baena, MM VeigaThe Extractive Industries and Society 8 (1), 477-485, 2021202
19
2021
Leaching gold with cassava: An option to eliminate mercury use in artisanal gold mining
P Torkaman, MM Veiga, LRP de Andrade Lima, LA Oliveira, JS Motta, ...Journal of Cleaner Production 311, 127531, 2021202
17
2021