Short Bio:
Dr. Marcello Veiga works since Dec 1997 as a professor of the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. Since 2010 he is a full-professor teaching and researching environmental and social issues in mining. He has more than 300 publications. He has worked for the past 35 years as a metallurgical engineer and environmental geochemist for Governments, Universities, International agencies, NGOS and companies in: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, China, Ecuador, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Peru, South Africa, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, US, Uruguay, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. on these issues. From 1977 to 1997, he was employed of the Brazilian Center of Mineral Technology (CETEM), Vale do Rio Doce company, Paulo Abib Engineering and Techmat Consulting. From 2002 to 2008, he has worked as an expert and Chief Technical Advisor of the Global Mercury Project for UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization, in Vienna. This included the environmental and health assessment of mercury pollution in artisanal gold mining in Asia, Africa and South America as well as the implementation of national policies and procedures to reduce mercury emissions and increase gold recovery. Since 2008 he has been key consultant for a large number of mining companies and international agencies dealing with artisanal mining and socio-environmental issues in mining.
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