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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is crucial to the livelihoods of close to 20 million people in over 80 countries, including 4-5 million women, mainly in rural areas with limited alternative economic prospects, particularly in developing countries. ASGM is largely informal, which can add to the challenge of addressing negative social …
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Artisanal mining will not contribute towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals. • This is because, in fundamental terms, nobody really 'cares' enough about the ASM sector. • Artisanal mining pales in comparison to more immediate global concerns. • Artisanal mining's negative dynamics and biases towards large-scale …
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1. Introduction. In Sierra Leone, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low tech, labor intensive mineral extraction and processing – provides a livelihood for at least 300,000 individuals (Government of Sierra Leone 2018:11).Government statistics suggest that in 2014, commodities accounted for 97 per cent of Sierra Leone's total …
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Cobalt, the silver metal so abundant in the DRC that miners can dig it out with basic tools, is essential for the world's transition to clean energy. Demand for the …
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The study concluded that artisanal gold mining activities caused severe soil degradation and loss of important soil nutrients in the area. The impact of the mining …
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Artisanal mining is an important livelihood for many people in low-income countries. The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) estimates that between 20 to 30 million artisanal and small-scale miners are active globally, and that between 15 to 20 per cent of global minerals and metals are derived from this type of …
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ARTISANAL MINING, SMALLHOLDER FARMING AND LIVELIHOOD DIVERSIFICATION IN RURAL SUB‐SAHARAN AFRICA: AN INTRODUCTION. Gavin Hilson. Corresponding Author. E-mail address: [email protected]. School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, The University of Reading, Reading, UK.
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Artisanal mining is often associated with several social ills, such as the miners' health and safety issues, environmental deprivation, child labour, and violence and conflict within the sector. The next section provides an overview of the negative impacts of Zama Zama mining in the South African context.
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Formalizing the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector would bring it into the formal sector through legal, regulatory and policy frameworks. We explore six of the key ways we can formalize ASM to bring about potential benefits to millions.
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Artisanal mining provides a source of economic livelihood for many people, thus somewhat reducing levels of poverty. Mining provides raw inputs to an expanding list of "green" technologies. Developing countries' revenue losses from tax base erosion and profit shifting and illicit financial flows is USD 200 billion annually, ...
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The growing demand for minerals has pushed mining activities into new areas increasingly affecting biodiversity-rich natural biomes. Mapping the land use of the global mining sector is, therefore ...
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In other countries, for example Mali, artisanal mining is interpreted by the government as 'operations engaged in the extraction and beneficiation of mineral commodities sourced from primary and secondary deposit, outcrops or sub-outcrops, using manual methods and traditional processes' (Konate, 2006: 108) while in the case of gold …
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Mali's new Mining Code maintains the right for the State to own a 10% free, carried, and non-contributing shareholding interest in every mining company holding an …
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Mineral resource exploitation is one of the activities that contribute to economic growth and the development of society. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is one of these activities. Unfortunately, …
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Over the past three decades, the global appetite for gold has continued to grow, driven by increased consumer demand from Asia and soaring investor demand following spiking gold prices. 6 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is prevalent in at least 64 countries (Figure 1).The estimated number of ASGM miners increased …
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Mineral resource exploitation is one of the activities that contribute to economic growth and the development of society. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is one of these activities. Unfortunately, there is no clear consensus to define ASM. However, its importance is relevant in that it represents, in some cases, the only employment …
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Artisanal mining and its legal recognition in the DRC. The Congolese artisanal sector traces its roots to the pre-colonial times when the first deposits of gold, copper and alluvial diamonds were discovered (Werthmann and Grätz 2012). The former Katanga province was at the heart of precolonial mining which benefited 'sacred chiefs' …
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has experienced explosive growth in recent years due to the rising value of mineral prices and the increasing difficulty of earning a living from agriculture and other . rural activities. An estimated 40.5 million people were directly engaged in ASM in 2017, up from 30
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Gold mining has played a significant role in Ghana's economy for centuries. Regulation of this industry has varied over time and while industrial mining is prevalent in the country, the expansion of artisanal mining, or Galamsey has escalated in recent years. Many of these artisanal mines are not only harmful to human health due to the use of …
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About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to geogenic and anthropogenic potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Despite the hazards and risks posed by ASGM being well characterized, coordinated multidisciplinary environmental …
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of the World Economic Forum White Paper series. Titled Making Mining Safe and Fair – Artisanal Cobalt Extraction in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the report concluded that ASM operations are an integral part of cobalt mining in the DRC and that there is a growing need for formalization of artisanal mining.
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Artisanal mining generally involves non-regulated practices, and are a common approach to mineral exploitation in many developing countries (Mason, Citation 2014). In the study area, artisanal mining of the gold resources has begun over 50 years ago but the importance of the mining activities appears unnoticed in the community …
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Case study. Our study took place in Kolwezi, a city of about 450,000 inhabitants and an important mining centre since the first half of the 20 th century, with large open-pit mines located to the west of the city (Figure 1).The study was initiated because of concern – voiced by local authorities, civil society and non-governmental organizations – about the …
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110 Mining & Smithing Post-Launch Aftercare. Thanks so much for all the feedback and reports you've provided since 110 Mining & Smithing's release last week! …
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artisanal mining and farming in the area was a major factor in our decision to undertake fieldwork at. these three sites. The location of the three research sites close to a road linking the area ...
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This article is one of three synthesis reports resulting from an integrated assessment (IA) of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities that involve multiple drivers and diverse disciplines influencing ASGM, an IA framework was used to analyze economic, social, health, and environmental data and to …
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1. Introduction. Various definitions for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) proliferate in the literature, but a standard definition across all regions and countries has not been established (Zvarivadza, 2018).In some contexts, the level of sophistication employed is used to make a distinction between 'artisanal mining' and 'small-scale …
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a pillar of stability and opportunity for at least 16 million people worldwide, particularly in rural, impoverished communities. But …
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Specifically, since the International Roundtable on Artisanal Mining, where again, the link between ASM's growth and poverty was made for the first time, studies conducted in sub-Saharan Africa (e.g. Dreschler, 2001, Hilson and Garforth, 2013) have shown that a range of people, including farmers, redundant large-scale mine labourers, …
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Artisanal miners carry sacks of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Oct. 12, 2022. Some 20,000 people work at Shabara in shifts of 5,000 at a time. Junior ...
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