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Artisanal and Small-scale Mining. Challenges and …researchgate(PDF) Artisanal and Small-Scale MiningWEBA systematic review of artisanal and small-scale mining: Impacts in alleviating poverty in Africa. September 2022. SN Social Sciences 2 (197):26. DOI: 10.1007/s43545-022-00517-2. Authors:...
South Africa's Small-Scale Diamond Mining Dilemma
The situation is highlighted by the decline in South Africa's overall diamond production, which has dwindled as its large kimberlite operations have closed or become less lucrative. The country's diamond production fell from 15.56 million carats in 2004 to 9.66 million carats in 2022, according to Kimberley Process data.
The Africa Mining Vision: a manifesto for more …
He carries out research on the social and environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa, and has produced over 300 journal articles, book chapters and technical …
The 'Zambia Model': A blueprint for formalizing artisanal and small …
It responds specifically to calls for Boosting Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, 1 a core pillar of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV), a development manifesto branded as 'Africa's own response to tackling the paradox of great mineral wealth existing side by side with pervasive poverty', 2 adopted in 2009 by African heads of state. The …
2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining Sector
AMV Africa Mining Vision 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 …
Small-scale mining, poverty and economic development in …
Section snippets Introduction: The rise of Africa's small-scale mining economy. The term 'small-scale mining' first surfaced in the United Nations publication, Small-Scale Mining in the Developing Countries (UN, 1972). Although the topic was very much an afterthought on the donor agenda at the time, the report nevertheless proved …
A Comprehensive Guide for NGOs Working with Small-Scale …
Small-scale mining is a largely illegal and unregulated operation that consists of small enterprises initiating mining projects in developing countries. This guide outlines some of the major issue areas connected to mining, provides some basic tips on how to apply for grants, presents 15 foundations that fund mining-related causes, and offers a ...
Four decades of support for artisanal and small-scale mining …
Artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: A Snapshot. Nearly three decades ago, the World Bank published the landmark report, Small-Scale Mining: A Review of the Issues (Noetstaller, 1987). The organization relied heavily on this document for guidance throughout the 1990s, when several ambitious multimillion dollar …
Entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa's artisanal …
Explores how artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has evolved in sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades. •. Profiles the types of entrepreneurs who pursue …
Compendium on best practices in small-scale mining in Africa
Several attempts to arrive at a widely accepted definition of small-scale mining have been made, based on criteria ranging from investment costs, labour requirements, ore production rates, and size of concessions, amount of reserves, annual sales or any combination of these. Some countries have more than one definition for small-scale mining ...
Introduction to Mining in Africa | SpringerLink
Mining in most African countries is carried out on both large-scale and small-scale/artisanal mining . While large-scale mining involves companies, who employ advanced technology and enormous capital to extract minerals, artisanal mining or small-scale mining (ASM) on the other hand involves the use of rudimentary methods by …
Small-scale mining in South Africa: an assessment of the …
Small-scale mining entrepreneurs are confronted with a variety of challenges during both the start-up and growth phase of their businesses not only in South Africa, but all over the world.
Small-scale mining, poverty and economic development in sub-Saharan
Introduction: The rise of Africa's small-scale mining economy. The term 'small-scale mining' first surfaced in the United Nations publication, Small-Scale Mining in the Developing Countries (UN, 1972).Although the topic was very much an afterthought on the donor agenda at the time, the report nevertheless proved extremely important: it …
The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana
The Large Footprint of Small-Scale Mining in Ghana. March 29, 2020 JPEG. People have been mining for gold in Ghana for centuries. Long before European colonists set foot in the area in the 1400s, Ghanaians looked for gold with pickaxes, shovels, and pans. They washed or "panned" for gold along river banks or dug holes on the …
Small-Scale Mining in Africa: Tackling Pressing …
small-scale mining operations of Africa have also caused considerable environ- mental complications, including chronic soil degradation, chemical contami- nation, and air pollution. The aim of the present article is to provide an over- view of the environmental complications associated with small-scale mining.
Small Scale Mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is one of the most important economic activity in many of the sub-Saharan Africa rural communities ( Hein and Funyufunyu, 2014 ). Widespread artisanal, alongside small-scale mining operations are currently increasing in intensity in Nigeria. These activities are causing immeasurable …
Small-Scale Mining in Africa: Tackling Pressing
Small-scale mining—low-tech mineral extraction and processing—has long been an important industry in Africa. For centuries, operations have provided inhabitants of the rural, more impoverished ...
dynamics and the bargaining power of women …
Artisanal and small-scale mining in West Africa: an overview of sustainable development and environmental issues. G. Hilson (Ed.), Small-scale Mining, Rural Subsistence and Poverty in West Africa, Intermediate Technology Publications Ltd, Warwickshire (2006), pp. 41-54 (Chapter 4)
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Africa: …
The 2012 "Investing in Africa Mining Indaba", however, revealed a greater urgency among both government and corporate delegates to address ASM mining. ... The Communities and Small …
A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is primitive with health problems determined by occupational, environmental, and social …
Entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa's artisanal and small-scale …
Refinement of how "small-scale mining" is defined is essential in the current context where illicitly obtained, multiple holdings of artisanal licenses, including by single foreign entities, effectively translates into a small-scale mining operation but is beholden only to artisanal legal (and environmental) requirements, of which there are ...
Why it doesn't make sense that all informal mining is …
The South African Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act of 2002 requires a mining permit from the Department of Mineral Resources for small-scale mining to be deemed legal. Because of ...
Small-Scale Mining in Africa: Tackling Pressing …
Small-Scale Mining in Africa: Tackling Pressing Environmental Problems With Improved Strategy. With Improved Strategy. Gavin Hilson. Small-scale mining - …
Addressing inequalities for women in artisanal mining
By Nasi Hako. February 6, 2024. Image credit: Delve. A new World Bank report launched at the Investing in African Mining Indaba on 5 February details gender inequalities in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and highlights actions to improve gender equality and advance women's participation. The report, which has been years in the making ...
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Policy: Comments …
The objective of the ASM policy is to foster the creation of a formalised Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Industry that can operate optimally in a sustainable manner while contributing to the economy in the form of taxes and royalties and through job creation, and for the elimination of illegal ASM operations. 3.
Artisanal and small-scale mining | EITI
Ghana. 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. …
Farming, small-scale mining and rural livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
Small-scale mining plays a crucial role as a means of livelihood within the Sub-Saharan Africa region and exhibits a close interconnection with subsistence agriculture (Hilson, 2016a(Hilson ...
Four decades of support for artisanal and small-scale …
Artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-Saharan Africa: A Snapshot. Nearly three decades ago, the World Bank published the landmark report, Small-Scale Mining: …
Small-scale mining on the increase in developing countries
The report, Social and labour issues in small-scale mines, was prepared for a sectoral meeting on small-scale mining which gets underway at the ILO in Geneva on Monday, May 17; it finds that small-scale mining activity in 35 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America grew by an average of 20 per cent in the last five years, and that ...