Artisanal and small scale mining (ASSM) contributes 2.6% to Zimbabwe's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Despite the significant contribution to economic growth and development, ASSM workers remain exposed to numerous work related health and safety hazards. ... The study used a mixed method approach which included qualitative and …
A new World Bank and Pact report finds that better working conditions can improve productivity, health, and safety for the over 44 million artisanal miners across 80 countries. The report outlines solutions to improve occupational health and safety, social protection, and fair labor standards for the artisanal and small-scale (ASM) sector and …
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, ... Primary data Data collected specifically for the research being undertaken. Qualitative data Nonnumerical data or data that have not been ...
This specialty is open to students with Bachelor of Science degrees who are interested in scholarship and research on topics including, but not limited to, mining and sustainability, mine closure and reclamation engineering, corporate social responsibility, artisanal and small-scale mining, underground construction and tunneling engineering ...
The authors were part of the research team for this project – Women in Artisanal and Small Scale mining in Central and East Africa: Empowerment Challenges and Possibilities – funded by the Growth and …
Incomes from large-scale mining are occasionally reinvested in small-scale mining activities; small-scale miners can be evicted and repressed, or conversely compensated and included in corporate social responsibility schemes; and miners often share the same spaces, with artisanal miners reworking residues on abandoned …
We draw the narratives of Pretinha and Zakari from films 3 made for a transdisciplinary research project 'Sustainability Transformations in Artisanal and Small …
1. Introduction. Small-scale mining has played an increasingly important role for communities that depend on this activity worldwide. Buxton [] estimates that small-scale mining employs 20 to 30 million people in over 80 countries, and that this sector is responsible for 15 to 20% of the global production of minerals and metals.Villegas et al.[] …
72 PELITA PERKEBUNAN, Volume 38, Number 1, April 2022 Edition Osman et al. located within latitude 6.05 o West: 6.35 North: 1.40 o South and 2.05 East (MoFA, 2021). The climate of the district is ...
Small-scale mining in Ghana is defined to include both the exploitation of mineral deposits (1) using fairly rudimentary implements and/or (2) at low levels of production with minimal capital ...
Mining has been blamed globally for harmful and impoverishing effects. Most countries are rich sources of gemstone, yet there is very little development, since miners, and those around mining sites, still live in abject poverty. This study sought answers on: "how mining activities have affected communities' livelihoods?". Data was gathered …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) comes with significant challenges, especially since this kind of mining typically lacks regulation and can be socially and environmentally harmful. But ASM also plays a critical role in supplying the world with minerals vital for decarbonization, which is one reason why a study led by University of …
2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect …
PDF | On Jan 1, 2017, Lyman Mlambo and others published The contribution of artisanal and small-scale gold mining to Zimbabwe's economic growth and development Zimbabwe Accountability and ...
iv Modernizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Harnessing new technologies for sustainable development Acronyms 3Ts tin, tantalum, and tungsten ASM artisanal and small-scale mining ASGM artisanal and small-scale gold mining DMCS digital mining cadastre system DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo GPS geographic positioning …
Drawing on qualitative and quantitative research results from six artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sites, two in each of Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda, the paper traces how ...
Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities. Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios: …
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Among the most significant environmental aspects related to artisanal and small-scale mining are deforestation, changes in landscape structure, influence over geomorphological processes and …
Research studies related to artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) began in 1919, with the study of Wormleighton, which marked the interest in this type of research on sewage and drainage works in a mining district. However, the first five decades (until 1979) of research in this field are scarce, with eight articles representing 0.63% of the ...
The devolution of small-scale mining decisions to municipal and district assemblies working in collaboration with traditional authorities is key to saving the industry in Ghana. Related Topics
In this chapter, the aim is to refine the concept of small-scale mining into that of technologically-advanced (non-artisanal) small-scale mining (SSM). Current …
PDF | Artisanal and small-scale mining is a significant economic sector in Rwanda. Mining activities often use a watercourse, in which secondary... | Find, read and cite all the research you need ...
PDF | Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries.... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ...
One main strategy to regulate the small-scale mining sector is to enforce institutions and legislative instruments. North (1990, 3) defines institutions as "the rules of the game in a society, or more formally, are the humanly devised constraints that shape human interaction … they structure incentives in human exchange, whether political, …
PDF | On Jan 1, 1987, Richard Noetstaller published Small-Scale Mining: A Review of the Issues | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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 proliferated over the course of the last decade.
Environmental degradation resulting from mining activities is mostly attributed to illegal small-scale mining. As small-scale illegal gold mining in Ghana customarily involved the use of basic ...
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CASE STUDY OF UIS SMALL SCALE MINING SITE - ERONGO REGION A research paper submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Public ... 2.1 Small scale mining and sustainable development 16 2.2. Tanzanian mining policy 20 2.3 Implementation theory 24 ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries. Practically, these activities …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries.
Safety and working conditions in small-scale mining: The case of selected small-scale metallic mines in the Philippines by Malorie Joy O. Mones1 ABSTRACT Hazards in workplaces are common especially in sectors where informal arrangement exists such as in small-scale mining. Although there is dearth of data on
This series, initiated in 2019, provides an in-depth examination of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. It aims to address critical gaps in global data and formalisation within the sector, with a focus on …
The small-scale mining laws set a process for Ghanaians above 18 years to obtain a small-scale mining license for a parcel of land ( Teschner, 2012 ). In reality, this process is cumbersome and ...
A pivotal distinction emerges between artisanal mining and small-scale mining, encapsulating a spectrum of operational scales, methodologies, and overarching …