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15 April 2024, Lusaka, Zambia — An international event is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia this week, which is aimed at improving practices in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of Development Minerals.These are minerals such as construction materials, industrial minerals and semi-precious stones the mining of which support the livelihoods …
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a larger scale. In some West African countries (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso), small-scale mining is differentiated from artisanal mining by the presence of permanent, fixed installations established once the existence of an ore body is confirmed. In this report, the terms artisanal and small-scale mining are used interchangeably.
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries. Practically, these activities …
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Our data shows that 18% of the surface of Africa is suitable for artisanal gold mining, as shown in Figure 1a. We exploit this data in a panel of 10,628 cells of 0.5×0.5 degrees. We compute the share of each cell which overlaps with bedrocks suitable for artisanal mining to develop a variable of cell-level gold suitability (Figure 1b) that ...
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Women play a great role in the production value chain of Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper provides a systematic literature review (SLR) of published peer-reviewed journal articles on women in ASM with main focus on participation in ASM production value chain, socio-economic and health impact of …
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The minerals are extracted predominantly on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sites. The International Peace Information Service currently counts 2,700 of these mines across the five eastern ...
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Africa's mineral industry is highly characterized by artisanal and small- scale mining (ASM) operations. This is so in areas producing gold, diamonds and precious/semi-precious stones. Specific industrial minerals like cobalt, tantalum, tungsten and tin are also majorly sourced through artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa.
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focus on artisanal gold mining as it is the main employer in the artisanal mining sector in Africa.2 The key challenge is to assess the existence and extent of artisanal and small-scale gold mining activities. ASM is a largely informal sector and, as often with informal activities, we face a paucity of data (World Bank,2019). To overcome this ...
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The Africa Mining Development Center will promote the continent's policy space to pursue local beneficiation, value addition and resource-based industrialization and harness the potential of artisanal and small-scale mining by integrating it into regional and global value chains for inclusive growth and sustainable social and economic ...
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The Communities and Small-scale Mining (CASM) is a World Bank-led initiative that has focused on developing strategies to mitigate the environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM,) developing training materials to preserve the health, safety, and environment of artisanal miners; increasing integration of …
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This paper explains how formalizing and supporting artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low-tech, labor-intensive mineral processing and extraction – …
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Artisanal Mining is a form of mining that uses manual labour or minimal-to-no mechanization and technology. It faces various challenges such as poverty, informality, …
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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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In many resource-rich developing countries, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides a livelihood for millions of people, representing a major source of economic development. While it is estimated that more than 40 million people work in the sector globally, it remains largely unregulated, resulting in limited information on …
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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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The violence and insecurity in affected areas is as chaotic and conflict-ridden as the most problematic artisanal mine sites elsewhere in Africa – including those in active war zones like the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zama Zamas are emblematic of a changing South African mining landscape. They are a direct by-product of the …
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Most artisanal mining sites are found in remote locations, remain unplanned and unregulated, and are subject to a host of social and environmental problems. ... As African countries gained ...
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The other big source of supply in Congo is so-called "artisanal" mining. Small-scale informal miners dig up about 15% of Congo's cobalt. That is more than the entire output of Russia, the ...
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An artisanal miner carries a sack of ore at the Shabara artisanal mine near Kolwezi, DRC, on Oct. 12, 2022. Junior Kannah/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption
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1. Introduction. In sub-Saharan Africa, the informal sector reigns. Since Hart (1973) coined the phrase in the early-1970s, countless assessments have emerged which paint a comprehensive picture of the region's fragmented labour markets and structures. The broad consensus is that the informal sector employs an estimated three-quarters of …
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Sub-Saharan Africa. ... (DRC), and 15 to 30 percent of the Congolese cobalt is produced by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). For years, human rights groups have documented severe human ...
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1. Introduction. In a global context, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is critical in poverty reduction. The ASM sector is a viable pathway for creating sustainable livelihoods and poverty alleviation initiatives, specifically in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) (Osumanu, 2020, p. 209; Mhangara et al., 2020).According to estimations, at least 40 …
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Roughly one quarter of the global gold, tin and tantalum supply is produced by artisanal and small-scale miners. In 2019, there were an estimated 10 million people working in the sector across sub-Saharan Africa. Artisanal mining is the most important source of livelihood after agriculture in South Kivu.
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries. Practically, these activities have influenced the ...
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African Artisanal Mining from the Inside Out: Access, Norms and Power in Congo's Gold Sector. London: Routledge, 2015. Google Scholar. Goodman, David. Gold Seeking: Victoria and California in the 1850s. Australia: Allen & Unwin, 1994. Google Scholar. Grätz, Tilo. "Moralities, Risk and Rules in West African Artisanal Gold Mining …
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Prospecting African artisanal mining. In the first part, the author focuses on the African artisanal mining, its role and importance as well as its history. She analyzes the artisanal gold mining sector in South Kivu as a vivid example for artisanal and small-scale mining in other African countries. This artisanal mining sector plays …
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New data shows the potential value of artisanal gold mines in Africa, and also documents their significant contribution to deforestation. The livelihoods of 130 to 270 million people, in 81 countries, depend on …
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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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Content The scramble for battery minerals points to the need to formalise artisanal mining Growing African interest to include natural resources in development plans. With its abundant mineral resources, Africa is well positioned for the global shift to using cleaner energy. The continent has a large share of cobalt, manganese, graphite …
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Downloadable! The livelihoods of 130 to 270 million people depend on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), a labor-intensive method of mineral extraction. Based on geological mapping and gold price variations in a yearly panel of 10,628 fine-grained cells, we provide the first estimation of the environmental and wealth impacts of the main form of ASM, …
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