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The report provides a global overview of the challenges and opportunities for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) to contribute to sustainable development. It …
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Introduction. According to the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF, 2018), 20% of the world's gold is produced by the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector, 40 million people in the world are directly employed by the activity and 150 million people in the global south depend on it. …
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The present guide mining together-when large-scale mining meets artisanal mining is an important step to better understanding the conflict dynamics and underlying issues . Mining together : large-scale mining meets artisanal mining - a guide for action
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Artisanal and small-scale mining is also the source of the largest releases of mercury, estimated at 1,400 tonnes per year in 2011 according to the Minamata Convention. Exposure to mercury can have serious health impacts, including irreversible brain damage.
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There are many scenarios that can develop when the large and small-scale mining sectors form an interface. This paper focuses on the complexities of large-scale …
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The most recent ILO research undertaken on a global scale estimates that 13 million people are engaged directly in small-scale mining activities throughout the world, mainly …
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At Tolukuma, large and small-scale mining have co-existed autonomously on this site, not because of any spatial or geographic factors, but due to temporal and regulatory factors. These actors have co-existed autonomously due to the passing of time and the exclusive use caused by one actor being present while the other is dormant or …
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I went to Pongkor to conduct ethnographic research on small-scale mining livelihoods. However, I quickly found myself entangled in the region's broader conflict over gold. Shortly after I arrived, one of my hosts, an informal mining entrepreneur named Om Ferry, 2 offered to take me to view a small-scale mining area. Walking on village paths ...
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the purposes of the discussion, sustainable (small-scale) mining is recognized as activity in the sector that is con-tinuously making improvements in social, economic and environmental areas. 2. Global overview of small-scale mining 2.1. Small-scale mining defined A number of attempts have been made to define 'small-
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Holley et al. (2020) argue that, "proposed models for coexistence between large-scale mining and ASM must integrate the historical and cultural context with the technical framework of geological, engineering, and legal characteristics" (pg. 15), and that, "even when both the ASM and large-scale mining parties are prepared to operate ...
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This paper identifies and examines nine factors that affect formalization of informal artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana. Despite a series of efforts to ensure cleaner and safer production, informal artisanal and small-scale mining continues to expand with the resulting increase in environmental pollution and damage. The nine …
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Mining Together : Large-Scale Mining Meets Artisanal Mining, A Guide for Action Publication: ... meets artisanal mining is an important step to better understanding the conflict dynamics and underlying issues between large-scale and small-scale mining. This guide for action not only points to some of the challenges that both parties need to ...
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According to a 2015 study commissioned by Ghana EITI, over 1300 registered small-scale mining groups are engaged in the mining of gold, diamonds and industrial minerals across the country. The study provides an overview of ASM in Ghana, with information on the legal framework, payments streams and economic contribution of …
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Request PDF | Artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria: Experiences from Niger, Nasarawa and Plateau states | There is broad consensus that donors and policymakers have struggled to formalize ...
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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, ... LSM large-scale mining MAD Morocco dirhams MDG Millennium Development Goal MEMSD Morocco Ministry of Energy, Mines, and …
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The report shows that 40 years ago, the world's large-scale mining industry was just as unsafe as artisanal and small-scale mining. However, today, large-scale mining is one of the world's most safety conscious industries. The report underscores the important role that increased mechanization and concerted efforts to improve health and ...
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ARM Alliance for Responsible Mining ASGM artisanal and small-scale gold mining ASM artisanal and small-scale mining ASM18 International Conference on Artisanaland Small-scale Mining & Quarrying AWIMA Africa Women in Mining Association BGI Better Gold Initiative BGR Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaftenund Rohstofe
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The result is a global-scale dataset containing 44,929 polygon features covering 101,583 km2 of large-scale as well as artisanal and small-scale mining. The …
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Mining pits, poor rehabilitation and large-scale mining have caused a loss of agricultural land resulting in reduced crop yields and poor living standards. ... Owen R (2019) Characterizing the interface between large and small-scale mining. Extr In Soc 6: 1091-1100. [40] Yang X, Ho P (2019) Is mining harmful or beneficial? A survey of local ...
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Furthermore, scholars have highlighted the importance of fluctuating mineral prices in determining the growth of both large-scale mining and ASM communities, and, relatedly, their increasing interaction (Verbrugge and Geenen, 2019; Hilson et al., 2020).In the case of gold – the focus of this paper – the end of the Bretton Woods system in the …
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Yet, the focus is predominantly on large-scale mining companies and their tax contributions. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is largely overlooked, and only makes headlines when serious accidents or conflicts with large-scale miners occur. Despite the importance of ASM as livelihood in many developing countries, data on the sector is ...
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This strategy threatens livelihoods in many DRC communities that depend heavily on small-scale mining for jobs and income. This, in turn, underscores the importance of fully formalizing the DRC's small …
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The team further classified mining as large-scale industrial or small-scale artisanal by looking at elevation data and the texture of the landscape. Industrial mines have larger elevation changes since they …
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The changing relationship between large-scale mining and ASM outlined above has implications for employment within the mining settlements. In Table 1, the Ghana Population and Housing Census Reports show that there has been a decline in formal mining employment in Obuasi.In 1960, when there was virtually no galamsey …
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The interaction between large-scale mining companies and artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations has not always been positive, and encounters between the two sectors are increasing. There are a number of ASM sustainable development challenges – including security, human rights and relocation programs – …
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We can usefully consider whether minerals and metals are geologically accessible for small and large-scale miners (e.g. hard rock mining or targeting tailings), and whether these materials are geographically and socially accessible – in terms of people accessing the site for small-scale mining activities, and how access changes as large …
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Working in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)—informal mining activities carried out using minimal technology or machinery—provides livelihoods for millions of people. ... creating tension between ASM miners and large-scale mining companies in the area. It can also create difficulties when requesting bank loans or other …
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The severe environmental repercussions of small-scale gold mining in riverbeds and forest reserves, which employ advanced machinery, prompted a two-year ban on small-scale activities in 2019. The government also prohibited the issuance of mining permits for gold exploration/mining in forest reserve zones and imposed a ban on …
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A growing number of large-scale mining companies are exploring models through which they can achieve co-existence with local ASM groups, but this always requires the active involvement of government. ... Newmont is also working with the government on its' community mining initiative, aimed at formalizing small-scale mining in selected ...
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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place in approximately 80 countries, and it is widespread in parts of Central and South America, Africa, Asia, and …
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