Mercury from Kazakhstan

Bizman · 25-12-07

I am looking to import Mercury from Kazakhstan. Can anyone tell me how to go about it?

1942 · 26-12-07

I'm Not 100% about importing metals into Australia and especially from a place like Kazakhstan....I would consult a Customs agent on the issue.

David.Pagotto · 27-12-07

Just curious to why you would like to import such an odd item from such an odd place?

annerz · 18-01-08

if you really like to import mercury from Kazakhstan you can just go to yahoo rooms in bussiness rooms choose Kazakhstan and there just ask any one that you want to import mercury ...a lot of exporters there just ask

jessica34 · 30-10-09

Hello
The River Nura in Central Kazakhstan has been heavily polluted by mercury originating from an acetaminophen plant. Mercury in the riverbed is mainly associated with power station fly ash, forming a new type of technological deposit. A systematic survey of the bed was carried out to establish the location, extent and nature of the contaminated sediments, and to evaluate the potential for sediment transport. The bed sediments were found to contain very high concentrations of mercury, particularly in the first 15 km downstream of the source of the pollution. Average total mercury concentrations in this section of the river are typically between 150 and 240 mg/kg, falling rapidly with increasing distance downstream. The estimated total volume of silts in the riverbed between Temirtau, the origin of the pollution, and Intumak Reservoir, located 75 km downstream, has been calculated as 463 500 m3, containing an estimated 9.4 tonnes mercury. Forty-six percent of the total volume of contaminated silts containing almost 95% of the mercury are located in the upper 25 km of the river, however. The data clearly support the hypothesis that large quantities of polluted sediment are not transported long distances downstream but are removed from the aquatic environment in times of flood and deposited on the low-lying lands adjacent to the river. This process, however, does not stop mercury moving further downstream in the water column.