Infants and mothers levels of mercury in breast milk, urine …
Bose-O'Reilly et al. (2020) measured mercury in breast milk, urine, and hair among mother-child pairs in an artisanal and small-scale gold mining area in the Kadoma region of Zimbabwe. The mean ...
Crisis, Mbingas and Artisanal Small-Scale Mining in …
16 Kennedy Nyavaya, Zimbabwe's Rugged Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining Sector (Johannesburg: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Southern Africa, 2021), 1. 17 Ibid. 18 Facebook, The Sunday Mail Facebook page, 10 December 2022. 19 Mining Zimbabwe, "Gold Delivery 2020 and 2021 to Fidelity Gold Refinery", Mining Zimbabwe, n.d.
Small-scale Copper mining ignites interest
ZELA urges Fidelity to buy gold in US$. Small-scale miners in Zimbabwe are warming up to the idea of Copper mining after local businessman Shelton Lucas introduced the idea on various mining platforms generating interest from hundreds of miners. Miners WhatsApp groups were buzzing with activity with miners firing questions …
The Political Economy of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …
12 Tinashe Nyamunda and Patience Mukwambo, 'The State and the Bloody Diamond Rush in Chiadzwa: Unpacking the Contesting Interests in the Development of Illicit Mining and Trading, 2006–2009', Journal of Southern African Studies, 38, 1 (2012), pp. 145–66; Patrick Bond and Khadija Sharife, 'Zimbabwe's Clogged Political Drain and …
Training Handbook for Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners in Zimbabwe …
Pact Zimbabwe has piloted trainings to enhance artisanal and small-scale gold miners' skills in three districts: Gwanda, Kwekwe and Shurugwi. Trainings have covered topics which include; safety and environment management, mining legislation, efficient mining techniques, mercury abatement, child labour, gender equality & mining and financial …
Small-Scale Mining in Zimbabwe: Historical Perspective.
Abstract. The current discourse on small-scale mining in Zimbabwe has predominantly been a characterization of the current state of the sector. This paper focuses on the evolution of the sector ...
Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining …
DOI: 10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00553-2 Corpus ID: 19769559; Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining in Tanzania and Zimbabwe. @article{vanStraaten2000MercuryCA, title={Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining in Tanzania and Zimbabwe.}, author={Peter van Straaten}, …
Accidents, Injuries, and Safety among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …
1. Introduction. Recent global estimates assert that 14–19 million people are employed in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) [].In Zimbabwe, ASGM is one of the informal sectors with a key economic role as it serves as a fundamental livelihood source [].This role has recently expanded as a result of persistent droughts and …
Biomonitoring of arsenic, cadmium and lead in two artisanal and small
People living and working in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) areas are frequently exposed to elemental mercury (Hg), which is used for gold extraction. However, additional exposure to other toxic metals such as arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb) may result from mining-related activities and could be ingested via dust, water ...
27 small-scale miners graduate in mine rescue, first aid
Zimbabwe Mining Safety Health and Environmental Council through its efforts to achieve zero harm in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector ... African Development Banks likely to fund Zim's $250 million gold mine. According to the report, 92 percent of accidents (101) were recorded underground with 8 percent (9) …
The Political Economy of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …
Zimbabwe's post-2000 period has been characterised by a dramatic increase in artisanal small-scale mining (ASM), particularly gold mining. Economic decline and rising unemployment meant that ASM provided one of the very few opportunities for survival and capital accumulation. This article provides a contextual analysis of the growth of …
Starting A Small Scale Gold Mining Business In Zimbabwe
Small scale gold mining has hit Zimbabwe by storm over the past couple of years. Being someone intimately familiar with Mashava I know this too well. Mashava is situated about 40 kilometres outside Masvingo CBD, Bulawayo-bound. The whole town literally sits on the great dyke thus there are numerous minerals found there. There are …
Health and Safety Risk Mitigation among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …
Abstract and Figures. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is often associated with no or compromised attention to health and safety. Although headlines of fatal accidents in Zimbabwe ...
Accidents, Injuries, and Safety among Artisanal and …
Underground ASGM is widespread in Zimbabwe. Unfortunately, so are the risks as-sociated with mine collapses and accidents [7,17]. Literature has revealed that under-ground mining is associated with processes requiring effective control measures [18,19]. Furthermore, underground artisanal and small-scale gold mining has been described as
The 'nouveau riche' and 'makorokoza': Artisanal and small-scale gold …
1. Introduction. It is now commonplace in Zimbabwe to associate artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) or chikorokoza (as it is popularly known locally) with livelihoods, survival and capital accumulation (see, for example Mawowa, 2013; Mkodzongi and Spiegel, 2020; Spiegel, 2014, 2015).With declines in formal employment …
Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold …
small-scale gold mining activities in Tanzania and )200000 persons in Zimbabwe. Mercury Hg is used mainly for . the processing of primary gold quartz veins and supergene gold mineralizations.
Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining …
Abstract. Mercury contamination associated with small-scale gold mining and processing represents a major environmental and human health concern in Eastern and Southern Africa. Approximately 200,000-300,000 persons are involved in small-scale gold mining activities in Tanzania and > 200,000 persons in Zimbabwe.
Mining Zimbabwe Magazine
THE PROVIDER OF VALUABLE INTELLIGENCE TO THE ZIMBABWE MINING COMMUNITY ZIMBABWE Bindura Nickel records 3.7 million fatality-free shifts - 06 ... being mined for gold on a small scale by pits ten to twenty meters deep in the easily mined weathered zones. Although there is
The burden of chronic mercury intoxication in artisanal small-scale …
Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a poverty-driven activity practiced in over 70 countries worldwide. Zimbabwe is amongst the top ten countries using large quantities of mercury to extract gold from ore. This analysis was performed to check data availability and derive a preliminary estimate of disability-adjusted life years …
Minicaland small scale miners welcomes one stop
The mining industry in Zimbabwe is hamstrung by lack of exploration. Small scale miners in Manicaland have welcomed Government's initiative to establish the first one stop gold processing centre in Odzi, saying it would comprehensively bring back sanity in the sector. The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) and …
"We are one big happy family": The social
In Zimbabwe, artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) for gold is undertaken through the exploitation of reefs and alluvial placer deposits. It is estimated that as many as two million people across the country derive their livelihoods from ASM (Mawowa, 2013; Spiegel, 2017; Chipangura, 2019). Despite the huge role of ASM, …
Resource policies and small-scale gold mining in Zimbabwe
In Zimbabwe, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) 1 has long been an important economic sector and a contentious arena for policymaking. The sector involves rudimentary forms of mineral extraction, and extensive research has discussed its environmental risks (Zwane et al., 2006). Research has also shown that it provides …
"We are one big happy family": The social
DOI: 10.1016/J.EXIS.2019.08.001 Corpus ID: 202293200 "We are one big happy family": The social organisation of artisanal and small scale gold mining in Eastern Zimbabwe
Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining on Water …
101 Chapter 5 Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining on Water Quality in Mozambique and Zimbabwe Never Mujere University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Manuel Isidro University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe ABSTRACT Artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) is an informal economic activity.
Artisanal small-scale mining: Potential ecological disaster in
Mzingwane District is one of six districts in the drought-stricken Matabeleland South Province of Zimbabwe. The area receives erratic rainfall averaging 760 mm per annum. The district covers a surface area of 2820 km 2 and constitutes 20 wards with a total population estimated at 58 569. Artisanal small-scale gold mining occupies …
The Political Economy of Artisanal and Small-Scale …
Scale Gold Mining in Central Zimbabwe 923 that ASM remains characterised by small production volumes at the lower end of the mineral industry spectrum and loose regulation. Official figures show that, except for platinum and diamonds, Zimbabwe's mining sector experienced a general decline between 2000 and 2008. While the more general
Global Opportunities for Long-Term Development of the …
To improve the artisanal and small scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Zimbabwe through increased formalization, access to finance and markets, introduction to mercury free technologies and management of knowledge ... Global Opportunities for Long-Term Development of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector in Zimbabwe- GEF …
Governance and Politics of Small-Scale Artisanal Gold Mining in Zimbabwe
In fact, Zimbabwe has since the 1990s adopted a stance that prioritised large-scale mining (Kanyenze et al., 2011), with the result that large-scale mining used the Mines and Minerals Act to secure exclusive prospecting orders that barred small-scale miners from obtaining prospecting and mining licences covering certain mineral-rich …
Mercury Exposure and Health Impacts among Individuals in …
The children who worked in small-scale gold mining operations in Indonesia and Zimbabwe ranged in age from 9 to 17 years. Umbangtalad et al. (2007) found that Thai schoolchildren living near, but not working in, small-scale gold mining operations had increased urinary Hg concentrations. Hair Hg reflects the ingestion of Hg …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and rural …
This article explores the dynamics of a rural transformation process triggered by the dramatic growth of Zimbabwe's Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector. The paper argues that despite its informality-ASGM has become a key part of Zimbabwe's largely informal economy and has created employment opportunities for the …