The current state of artisanal and small-scale mining in …
Relatively less is known about Zambia's Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector. In contrast to the firms dominating the copper extraction sector, the ASM sector is mostly done on a small scale, locally driven, has low barriers to entry, and involves different types of minerals beyond copper. It, however, represents an important and growing ...
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2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining Sector
Delve is a global platform for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) data. Its vision is a world in which ASM is recognized as an important contributor to global development. Recommended citation: World Bank. 2020. 2020 State of the Artisanal and …
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Enabling Small Scale Miners to Weather the Impacts of …
Information campaigns on basic COVID-19 prevention methods reached over 1 million artisanal miners in remote mining locations across the globe. The project …
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Overview of mineral reserves availability in Rwanda
Rwanda's mining sectors face environmental regulations issues due to the mining sector being dominated by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), minimal government access to ASM, and insufficient facilities and institutions to formalize mining activities. 5.1 Challenges 5.1.1 Identifying potential mining sites
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A Political Economy of Regulatory Policy: The Case of 'Illegal' …
One main strategy to regulate the small-scale mining sector is to enforce institutions and legislative instruments. North ( 1990, 3) defines institutions as "the …
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To achieve decent work, we must improve the …
OPINION July 13, 2021. To achieve decent work, we must improve the health and safety of 'hidden' artisanal miners. Demes Papathanasiou and Kurt MacLeod Thomson Reuters Foundation. Each …
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24 Challenges faced by Artisanal, small-medium scale
Karat 14. 40.52. Wednesday, 13 March 2024. The artisanal and small scale mining industry is on an upward trajectory in Zimbabwe and is estimated to be supporting over 1,5 million Zimbabweans. As a fairly new industry, it is faced with a myriad of challenges that can be overcome if proper solutions are put in place.
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Ghana needs to rethink its small scale mining strategy.
Artisanal and small-scale mining is estimated to support the livelihoods of some 4.5 million Ghanaians, about 12% of the population. They account for more than 60% of the country's mining sector ...
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Access to Finance | planetGOLD
The artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector is severely undercapitalized. The amount of money invested in each unit of gold produced by artisanal and small-scale miners is vastly lower than that available for the industrial formal gold mining sector. ... Overview paper that presents (i) identification of financial institution that ...
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The outbreak of artisanal and small-scale gold mining …
This paper focuses on the outbreak of illegal mining (galamsey) operations in Ghana in recent times claiming that the outbreak is accompanied by massive environmental destruction including pollution of water bodies, degradation of farmlands and forest landscapes. Despite the efforts of governmental, non-governmental and civil society …
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An Investigation of the Socio-Economic Benefits of Small-Scale …
In the recent years, there has been a surge in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in various districts of Malawi. Reports of a gold rush have emerged in various districts, including Mangochi, Lilongwe, Balaka, and lately in Kasungu. There has been persistence by many indigenous communities participating in ASGM activities, yet …
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International FACTS ONSmall-Scale Mining Office
Office. Key Statistics. Nearly 13 million people worldwide work in artisanal and small-scale mining, and an esti-mated 100 million depend on it for their liveli-hood. ASM extracts a …
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DMRE > Mineral Policy & Promotion > Small Scale Mining
A Small-Scale Mining Board has been set up as a point of delivery for the services required by the small- scale mining sector. It co-ordinates a substantial amount of expert capacity and experience and specialises in planning and developing a viable mining project through the pre-feasibility stages. The contribution of each board member is ...
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(PDF) The Significance of SDG16 "Strong …
The Significance of SDG16 "Strong Institutions" Toward the Adoption of Circular Economy Approaches for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa March 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978 ...
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A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is primitive with health problems determined by occupational, environmental, and social …
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Large-scale and small-scale mining: what's the difference?
The most common commodity mined via small-scale methods is gold while all other metals and non-metals are mined via large-scale means. Citing Philippine example, large-scale mining operations occupy an area of about 5 square kilometers (sqkm) covering the actual extraction site. The entire mine complex (i.e., admin buildings, processing …
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FINANCING THE ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE GOLD …
It was a commercial loan facility to finance the purchase of equipment for small-scale miners (International Monetary Fund, 2015). In 2015, ASSGM sector has about 40 000 registered miners, Zimbabwe Mines Federation (2020) and of the registered 40 000 miners, only 307 miners benefited. In an attempt to increase gold output from ASSGM in 2017 ...
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The Significance of SDG16 "Strong Institutions" Toward
The terminology "small-scale mining" was first covered in a report by the United Nations (UN), namely, Small-scale mining in the developing countries (Hilson 2009). That UN report underlined the significance of ASM revenues in developing countries for the first time.
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining | United Nations iLibrary
Chapter. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining. READER. Author: United Nations Environment Programme. Main Title: Mineral Resource Governance in the 21st Century, pp 79-104. …
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2019 State of the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector
The 2019 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector report showcases data contributions made to Delve and demonstrates the potential for a deeper sector analysis when stakeholders share data. As the inaugural report of a planned annual series, the 2019 edition explores the origins and impact of what is identified as the 'global …
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Over-spilling institutions: the political ecology of 'greening' …
This article applies a political ecology framework to examine the challenges of 'greening' Guyana's relatively established small-scale gold mining sector. Based on a year of fieldwork conducted in Guyana's gold mining landscape, the article highlights a range of ways in which the supposed stability and transparency of Guyana's institutional mining …
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(PDF) Sustaining the Environment in an Era of Small-Scale Mining …
Underpinned by the institutional theory, the study analyzes from existing theoretical and empirical studies to assess why institutions and agencies on artisanal and small-scale mining find it ...
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Shining a light on a hidden sector
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a vital livelihood for over 40 million people in developing countries, particularly for those living in remote, rural areas, according to the recent 2019 State of the ASM …
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) Governance and
In Guinea, attempts are underway to bring artisanal and small-scale diamond mining in line with a formal regulation and parcel allocation system. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Guinea's Forécariah and Kindia regions is currently governed by customary governance structures and deeply rooted customary institutions for land …
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African Social Science Review
Even though there are regulations governing legitimate mining in Ghana, illegal small-scale mining, with strong traditional practices, has surged. This article uses interview data from Asutifi North District of Ghana to explain that traditional institutions, though aware of the illegality of these small-scale mines, performed rites enabling them.
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State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector …
The 2019 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector is a collaboration between the World Bank Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice, Pact, Surrey Business School University of Surrey, ... Pact, or any of the institutions the authors are affiliated with. All data points and original open-access sources used in this report ...
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Ghana's traditional and state powers must collaborate to …
Small-scale mining forms an important sector of Ghana's economy, employing one million people directly and supporting the livelihoods of about 4.5 million people.The industry accounts for 35% of ...
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Impacts for half of the world's mining areas are …
The extent of small-scale mining on mineral production varies between commodities and countries, but it is massive. Illegal sand mining, for example, is prevalent in at least 70 countries 13 .
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mining in Ghana: identifying problems and possible …
An overview of small-scale gold mining Before proceeding with the case study, it is import-ant to clarify that small-scale gold-mining activities are not unique to Ghana, and are, in fact, wide-spread throughout Africa, Latin America and Asia (see Figure 1 for an overview of the locations of important small-scale gold-mining regions around the ...
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Ethiopian Artisanal, Special and Small-scale Mining
The Ethiopian government has prioritised the Artisanal, Special and Small-scale Mining (ASSM) sector as part of its national reform agenda and as a continuation to its commitment through the Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTPII) to developing the sector.
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