Training on mercury management and remediation of contaminated soils. Almadén 2015

The 18th and 19th of November 2015 took place in Almadén (Spain) a training on mercury management and remediation of contaminated sites. The event was organized by UNEP/MAP and SCP/RAC in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Programme of the European Union, with the colaboration of the spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment , the CTND (National Technological Center for Mercury Decontamination) and MAYASA.

33 participants from 13 countries (Syria, Morocco, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Tunisia, Israel, Egypt, Albania, Bosnia, Italy, Montenegro and Spain) assisted to the event which took place at the old Hospital of miners of san Rafael in Almadén.

The main objective of the event was the training on the Guidelines on Best Environmental Practices for the Environmental Sound Management of mercury contaminated sites, a document commissioned by the SCP/RAC to the CTNDM. The preparation of these Guidelines was a requeriment of the Mediterranean Regional Plan on Mercury (2012),so that the countries can make use of them to envisage solutions for their mercury polluted sites.

Documents

Guidelines on Best Environmental Practices for the Environmental Sound Management ofmercury contaminated sites (English)

Lignes directrices sur les meilleures pratiques environnementales pour une gestion écologiquement rationnelle des sites contaminés au mercure (Français)

Agenda

List of participants

Presentations 

• Minamata Convention on mercury and the Global Mercury Partnership. Ana García (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Spain).
• Regional Plan on the reduction of inputs of Mercury. Frederic Gallo (UNEP MAP SCPRAC).
• Mercury sources, mercury inventory and management of wastes (Basel Technical Guidelines). Francisco J. Perez-Ilzarbe (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Spain).
• EU legislation relevant to the Sound Management of mercury and mercury wastes. Ana García (Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Spain).
• Key points in a contaminated site investigation from a government perspective. Joan Bartoll Navas (Department of Contaminated Soils, Waste Agency of Catalonia)
• Decommission plan and management in the chlor-alkali industry and mercury waste. Salvador Asensio (Manager of the Production Unit Electrochemistry and Chlorinated in Torrelavega site of SOLVAY, Spain).
• Application of Guidelines on Best Environmental Practices (BEPs) for the Environmentally Sound Management (ESM) of Mercury contaminated sites. Ana Isabel Conde Mansilla (MAYASA-CTNDM).
• Reconditioning of the “Cerco de San Teodoro” slag heap. Almaden mines (Ciudad Real, Spain). Javier Carrasco Milara (Manager of MAYASA-CTNDM).
• Environmental remediation of the mercury mines of Soterraña (Asturias, Spain). Raul Lopez  (EMGRISA).
• Risk analysis for human health of Los Ruedos Mercury Mine (Mieres, Asturias, Spain). Raul Lopez and Silvia de la Rosa (EMGRISA).

The workshop finalized with a visit to restored area of Almadén and the Parque minero.

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