Thai firm eyeing local manufacture of mercury-free gold mining equipment

A Bangkok-based company is seeking to establish a multi-million-dollar company in Guyana to manufacture mercury-free mining equipment which it says it hopes to sell not only to Guyana but to other gold-producing countries in South America.

Dove Equipment and Machinery Company says it seeks not only to introduce a new generation of mining equipment here but also to make available new technology which, apart from removing the need