Small-scale gold miners in DRC challenge the view that they …
Globally, between one-quarter and one-fifth of gold, diamond, tantulum, and tin is produced by this form of mining. In Africa, artisanal and small-scale mining is widely perceived as a low ...
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Assessing livelihood and environmental implications of
The environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) are currently a major issue globally. There is cause for concern given the rapid loss of forest resources and pollution of water bodies through contamination with heavy metals like cyanide, arsenic, and mercury. The study investigated the livelihood and …
A Review of Health Issues Related to Child Labor and …
The growing use of expensive equipment in small‐scale mining has several consequences. Often, the costs involved with such mining are beyond the financial capacity of traditional miners and tend to marginalize their participation. ... Congo's conflict gold rush: ... Conflicts in marginal locations: Small‐scale gold‐mining in the Amazon In ...
Tantalum supply from artisanal and small-scale mining: A …
The growing livelihood significance of ASM activities at a global scale necessitates formalization efforts that include, among others, increasing non-discriminatory market access for artisanal mineral products (Sovacool et al., 2020).This implies the need for evaluating ASM production as a potential long-term source of mineral supply, in …
Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …
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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Small-Scale Gold Mining Practices in Lolgorian, Kenya Leonard L. Tampushi 1*, John M. Onyari 2, Nzioka 1J. Muthama 1 Department of Earth and Climate Sciences, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197-00100, Nairobi, KENYA 2 Department of Chemistry, University of Nairobi, P.O Box 30197-00100 Nairobi, KENYA *Corresponding Author: …
The importance of artisanal and small-scale mining for rural …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important, if often-overlooked, means of income generation for individuals living in developing countries that are rich in resources, such as gold, gemstones, and other minerals (Hilson 2009).
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Accidents, Injuries, and Safety among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs 14–19 million people globally. There is limited research on accidents, injuries, and safety in Zimbabwe's ASGM. This study investigates the prevalence of accidents and injuries, as well as the associated risks and existing safety practices. A cross-sectional survey was conducted …
Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic …
1. Introduction. For just over a decade now, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has undergone a process of mechanisation, challenging the tendency in the literature to portray artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as characterised by low levels of capital …
Artisanal and small-scale mining and the Sustainable
Section snippets Artisanal and small-scale mining and the SDGs in sub-Saharan Africa: Navigating a contested terrain. The authors of the Atlas must be criticized for failing to highlight the importance of designing and implementing development policies and strategies with both branches of the mining sector in mind. The ASM and large …
Literature Review: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM)
Alluvial mining has resulted in the pollution of one of the major rivers in Zimbabwe- the Mazowe River (Gutu, 2017). The boom in small-scale gold mining was responsible for the discharge of cyanide, mercury and metal rich tailings into the Puyango River basin in Southern Ecuador (Tarras-Wahlberg et al., 2001).
The 'Zambia Model': A blueprint for formalizing artisanal and small …
1. Introduction. In sub-Saharan Africa, few subjects have polarized donors and government officials more than artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), the low-tech, labour-intensive mineral processing and extraction found scattered across many of its rural and peri-urban stretches.
Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic …
In South Kivu Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the use of new technologies in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has …
A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining …
Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds, tin, lithium, rare earth elements, tantalum, and cobalt, and any other usable …
Sustainable Sourcing of Minerals in the …
Artisanal and small-scale mining—a labor-intensive process that requires minimal capital, mechanization, or technology—contributes more than a sixth of global mineral output, and directly involves 20 to 30 …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in the Democratic …
• Rebel groups heavily engaged with mining in the park • Large problems with security • Around 80% of the world's reserves of columbite-tantalite lie in Congo's eastern region • …
Artisanal & Small Scale Gold Mining | World Gold Council
Lessons learned on managing the interface between large-scale and artisanal and small-scale gold mining. The new in-depth study 'Lessons Learned on managing the interface between the large-scale and artisanal and small-scale mining' includes case studies from 25 mines, operated by 15 gold mining companies covering 18 countries.
Formalization of artisanal and small-scale mining in eastern …
1. Introduction. The situation facing women engaged in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has attracted the attention of many researchers around the world (e.g. Bashirwa and Cuvelier, 2019; Brottem and Ba, 2019; Buss et al., 2019).Several texts focus on the position of women in ASM value chains, their motivations for entry and also the …
Manual for Training Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …
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Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place under extreme conditions with a lack of occupational health and safety. As the demand for metals is increasing due in part to their extensive use in 'green technologies' for climate change mitigation, the negative environmental and occupational consequences of mining …
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Illegal gold trade in Congo still benefiting armed groups, foreign
According to DRC government statistics, artisanal and small-scale mines (ASMs) produced 548.43 kg of gold last year, but the country's Chamber of Mines said in February that as much as 400 ...
Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining mining, like other extractive activities, ... Democratic Republic of the Congo, ... ASGM involves multiple processes and equipment that can expose miners and nearby communities to noise. In the excavation process, intense noise exposures can occur from use of dynamite, and lower but still …
Studying unintended consequences of mercury mitigation
A recent study published in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling, states that when dealing with the issue of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), it is important ...
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and biodiversity: a …
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 …
Modernizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM): Artisanal mining refers to individuals, small groups, or families extracting minerals with minimal or no mechanization, often …
DELVE COUNTRY PROFILE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining . ASGM: Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining . BGR: ... equipment and security and 300,000 induced jobs related to transportation, food, etc.) (Chambre des Mines 2016). ... DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO . 7 . General Mining Context . The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the richest countries in …
Injury Profiles Associated with Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
The number of miners experiencing 2, 3, 4 and 5 injuries in last 10 years were 13, 5, 0 and 1, respectively, for a total of 121 injury episodes. With a total of 121 injuries and 2,245 person years of mining work within the last 10 years, the overall injury rate was calculated at 5.39 per 100 person years.