Small Scale Mining in Ghana: Improving Operations by …
Just like all industries, mining is associated with benefits and risks to indigenes and the host environment. Small-scale miners are mostly accused in Ghana of being environmentally disruptive ...
The 'nouveau riche' and 'makorokoza': Artisanal and small-scale …
Artisanal and small-scale mining gold mining has become a widespread economic activity for socially diverse groups. • There is evidence of unequal distribution of gold mining benefits in the ASGM sector in Shurugwi. • Unequal distribution of gold mining benefits has implication for the social situation of artisanal miners. •
The lifeways of small-scale gold miners: Addressing …
Small-scale gold mining sustains millions of people's lives and yet it stimulates environmental harms and social conflicts. Global environmental crises drive calls for fundamental change to how people live on the planet. For small-scale gold mining, this raises questions about whether current dynamics can provide a basis for sustainability ...
How to Advance Sustainable Mining | International Institute …
Mining companies reap huge benefits extracting valuable minerals, but often at a cost to surrounding communities and the environment. ... Small-scale mining is a double-edged sword for these local communities, providing employment but negatively affecting human health and the environment. Large-scale mining also affects …
Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity in Ghana
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). ... benefits from ASM are often captured by powerful elites and enrich a few powerful men …
Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges and opportunities for greater participation. Winnipeg: IISD. Cover photo: IIED/Steve Aanu ... development to ensure that negative impacts are limited and financial benefits are . shared. It is devoted to optimizing the benefits of mining to achieve poverty reduction, inclusive . growth, social ...
(PDF) Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (AS M) has grown signific antly with appr oximately 40.5 million . people directl y inv olved, and an additional 150 million depe ndent on the sect or for their ...
Working with small-scale miners brings benefits
Our experience of working in Tanzania and other countries in Africa shows that, rather than seeking to eliminate this sector, engaging directly with small-scale miners is the solution. When ...
The Alliance for Responsible Mining promotes responsible …
Our impact. ARM has participated in formalization and improvement initiatives in artisanal and small-scale mining in 15 countries in Latin America and Africa. More than 150 mining organizations have received our support. Currently, 8 of them count with the Fairmined Certification. 1,530,000 USD of Fairmined Premium has been paid to …
The Livelihood of Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners and …
1. Introduction. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a significant rural non-agricultural activity in the developing world. It is an important source of employment and income for dozens of millions of people and brings economic benefits to further millions who are not directly involved in ASM.
Small-scale mining in Ghana: The government and the …
In reality, "small-scale" mines and "galamsey" mines are indistinguishable in the operation. Therefore, many Ghanaians and some scholars choose to use the term "galamsey" as a catch-all for any Ghanaian small-scale miner or mining venture. This study uses the term "small-scale mine" to refer to both types of operations.
The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and Formalization of Small-Scale
Child Labor. Small-scale mining in the DRC involves people of all ages, including children, obligated to work under harsh conditions. Of the 255,000 Congolese mining for cobalt, 40,000 are children, some as young as six years. Much of the work is informal small-scale mining in which laborers earn less than $2 per day while using …
Formalizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining for …
Many countries have embarked on a quest for what seems to be some sort of Holy Grail: the formalization of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. Over 40 million people globally are involved …
CHAPTER 8: ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) is mineral extraction by individuals, cooperatives, or small companies with minimal capital investment and with much use of manual labour. ASM is an important rural and peri-urban livelihood. ASM is also a dangerous workplace and for many a poverty trap where health risks are many and human rights are few.
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Africa: Opportunities …
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 awareness; …
Principal benefits of large-scale mining compared with small-scale …
In the case of the Chinese coal industry, the consolidation and transformation of small, inefficient coal mines into large industrial-scale mines will bring many benefits ( Creedy et al. 2006). ...
Potential application of mediation to land use conflicts in small-scale …
Small-scale mining is estimated to contribute approximately one-sixth of the world's non-fuel mineral output by value [4]. Based on its survey of 55 developing countries, the International Labour Organization [5] extrapolates that the number of people directly employed in small-scale mining is between 11.5 and 13 million. This suggests that ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining formalization challenges in …
1. Introduction. Various definitions for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) proliferate in the literature, but a standard definition across all regions and countries has not been established (Zvarivadza, 2018).In some contexts, the level of sophistication employed is used to make a distinction between 'artisanal mining' and 'small-scale …
24 Challenges faced by Artisanal, small-medium scale
The artisanal and small scale mining industry is on an upward trajectory in Zimbabwe and is estimated to be supporting over 1,5 million Zimbabweans. As a fairly new industry, it is faced with a myriad of challenges that can be overcome if proper solutions are put in place. This article was written by a Small-scale
The current state of artisanal and small-scale mining in …
Relatively less is known about Zambia's Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector. In contrast to the firms dominating the copper extraction sector, the ASM sector is mostly done on a small scale, locally driven, has low barriers to entry, and involves different types of minerals beyond copper. It, however, represents an important and growing ...
(PDF) Small-Scale Mining: A Review of the Issues
The paper addresses the principal issues generally associated with. small-scale mining in less developed economies and summarizes constraints and. barriers that adversely affect SSM establishment ...
The role of geophysics in enhancing mine planning decision …
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.[] …
Supporting Progress in Brazil's Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is economically and culturally rooted in Brazil, dating back to the 17th century. Today, the sector provides livelihoods for more than 450,000 traditional ASM miners, known as garimpeiros in Brazil, and their communities.. Gold mining makes up a large part of the country's ASM sector, with new …
Gold mining's environmental footprints, drivers, and future …
The small-scale mining sector has emerged as a substantial source of local employment, ... However, despite these socioeconomic benefits, the environmental impact of small-scale mining in Ghana is well-documented, encompassing disturbances to river basins, water pollution, disruptions to agriculture, deforestation, and land …
Small Scale Mining
Small Scale Mining Training Centre (SSMTC) is Papua New Guinea's only institution that offers skills training for the small scale miners. The Institution was established in 2009 through the Mining Support Sector …
The economic contributions of artisanal and small-scale mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have been a significant source of employment for Kenyans, playing a critical role in poverty reduction and rural development.Even so, limited data and information has been available concerning the current and potential economic development opportunity that the small-scale mining …
[PDF] An Investigation of the Socio-Economic Benefits of Small-Scale
In the recent years, there has been a surge in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in various districts of Malawi. Reports of a gold rush have emerged in various districts, including Mangochi, Lilongwe, Balaka, and lately in Kasungu. There has been persistence by many indigenous communities participating in ASGM activities, yet …
Ghana needs to rethink its small scale mining strategy.
Artisanal and small-scale mining is estimated to support the livelihoods of some 4.5 million Ghanaians, about 12% of the population. They account for more than 60% of the country's mining sector ...
State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector …
Delve is an initiative to build a global platform for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) data. Its vision is a world in which ASM is recognized as an important contributor to global development. Recommended citation: World Bank. 2019. 2019 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector. Washington, D.C.: World Bank.
Environmental Health and Safety Hazards of Indigenous Small-Scale …
The workplace condition of small-scale mining is often very hazardous and difficult. 9 SSGM methods such as the use of gravity concentration in panning pose health risks among workers. 9 Furthermore, the nature of work of small-scale gold miners is physically demanding and dangerous due to heavy workloads, unstable underground …