world articles on small scale mining

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  Government's ban on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

  The paper draws on 74 interviews with artisanal and small-scale gold miners and other stakeholders to investigate communities' perceptions of the effects of ASM methods (alluvial mining, surface ...

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  Artisanal and small-scale mining: critical approaches to property ...

  20161019 · Mine management commitment to safety in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations is also considered. Materials and methods The research objectives were achieved by surveying 162 uninjured ...

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  Typology of Environmental Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ...

  2019528 · Artisanal and small-scale mining is a widespread economic sector in the African Great Lakes Region, where it has an adverse impact on the population’s environment. The purpose of this paper is to summarize and consider the typology of the environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining, in particular, the …

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  (PDF) Effect of small-scale illegal mining on surface water …

  20211117 · Currently, illegal artisanal mining (“galamsey”) has impacted the environment negatively resulting in land degradation and water pollution. The government of Ghana responding to public outcry ...

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  How the world depends on small cobalt miners - The …

  202275 · 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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  Literature Review: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM)

  20221126 · Download chapter PDF. This chapter presents a critical review of the existing literature of what has come to be known as artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). First, it provides an overview of the differential and often competing perspectives of what has come to define ASM. Second, it attempts to unpack the socio-economic significance of …

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  The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and …

  2019614 · Abstract. This chapter discusses small-scale mining in Ghana in the context of two intergovernmental development indicators—the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs) and the African Union ’s Agenda 2063 (AU2063). Using the management and governance of artisanal and small-scale mining …

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  Characterising the interface between large and small-scale mining ...

  201971 · Large-scale mining firms and small-scale mining (ASM) groups often conflict at the point of extraction. 1 In response, the World Bank's Living Together and Mining Together (2009) called for both ...

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  A population-based mercury exposure assessment near an

  2020528 · Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a major source of global mercury emissions. Although occupational mercury exposure to miners (via mercury vapor inhalation) is known, chronic ...

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