A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is primitive with health problems determined by occupational, environmental, and social …
A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have contributed, in most cases, to the rural development of some African countries. Practically, these activities have influenced the ...
Study of Sand Mining and Related Environmental …
Sand mining is a common practice in many rivers and floodplains across South Africa. The demand for sand is escalating at an alarming rate as a result of ever-increasing building ... illegal small-scale sand mining requires critical scrutiny and regulation. This calls for a lot of supervision from the appropriate state agencies and Kusimu (2014 ...
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 mining …
Law, sand, order: inside South African sand mining
ASPASA says illegal sand mining is taking a damaging toll in South Africa. Unprotected pits create drowning hazards for people and animals, and the failure of law …
The Challenge of Small-Scale Diamond Mining in South Africa
The Challenge of Small-Scale Diamond Mining in South Africa. Anticipation fills the air as two young miners accompany their sorting supervisor into a modest tin-roofed structure perched atop a mound at the Baken mine. Marked by a sign proclaiming it the "Communal Artisanal Miners Diamond Jig Sorting House," the space …
A Comprehensive Guide for NGOs Working with Small-Scale …
Introduction Across the globe the mining industry has experienced massive growth since the beginning of the 20th century. While large-scale mines cause much social and environmental harm, it is believed that small-scale and artisanal mines pose an even greater threat. Small-scale mining is a largely illegal and unregulated operation that …
(PDF) Overview of child labour in the artisanal and small-scale mining
This rapid review synthesises the literature from academic, policy, and NGO sources on child labour in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Asia and Africa. ASM refers to small ...
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Policy: Comments invited
Small Scale Miners are virtually treated the same as Large Scale Miners in terms requirement for environmental management, water use, land use, health and …
Small–scale mining in South Africa: Past, present and future
A small–scale mine has been defined as a mining activity employing less than 50 people and with an annual turnover of less than 7.5 million Rand and includes artisanal mines. Small–scale miners are involved in many commodities but there appears to be a bias towards gold, diamonds and quarrying for construction materials, including …
ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING POLICY, 2022 …
Small-Scale Miners are virtually treated the same as Large-Scale Miners in terms requirement for environmental management, water use, land use, health and safety and …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Policy: Comments …
age of majority (18 years), was born in South Africa or is a permanent resident. In respect of juristic persons means a company incorporated and registered in terms of the Companies Act, 2008, with operations in the country and subject to South African laws. 4. ABREVIATIONS ABRREVIATIONS DESCRIPTION ASM Artisanal and …
Shining a light on a hidden sector
ASM is a key livelihood strategy for the poor in East Asia and Pacific, with robust data focused on small-scale gold mining. ASM in South Asia remains in the shadows – though we know it is driven by poverty and heavily tied to subsistence agriculture. Data is urgently needed across South Asia given the region's widespread …
Investing in South Africa's Mining and Mineral …
nings. Platinum, coal and gold are the three largest mining exports.> In 2018, the mining industry contributed R93bn to fixed investment, which constituted 17% of private. sector investment and 10.5% of total fixed investment, respectively.> South Africa's well-integrated mining value chain supplies inputs into various manufacturing sector.
MINE CLOSURE AND REHABILITATION IN SOUTH …
Artisanal and small-scale mining is a key issue that is not usually included in discussions of mining closure and rehabilitation. However, the practice of "invasion" of derelict and ownerless mines and the unregulated mining practices that then follow should be of keen interest to the state. The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy
Small Scale Mining
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act: Artisanal and small scale-mining policy 2022
The status of artisanal and small-scale mining sector in South Africa
SYNOPSIS. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in South Africa received official recognition after the change in government in 1994.The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) recognized the sector as a vehicle for social and economic development for historically disadvantaged South Africans (HDSAs) who had previously been …
(PDF) An Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Sand and Gravel Mining
V46. 29 An Assessment of Environmental Impacts of Sand and Gravel Mining In Nzhelele Valley, Limpopo Province, South Africa Edmore Kori and Humphrey Mathada Department of Geography and Geo-Information Sciences, University of Venda, Private Pag X5050, Limpopo Province, South Africa Abstract. Sand and gravel mining refers to the actual …
Challenges and prospects of small scale mining entrepreneurs in South
There are major challenges ahead for small-scale mining in South Africa. With the advent of . the new Minerals and Petroleum Resources Deve lopment Act in 2002, many previously .
Illegal Sand Mining in South Africa
The frameworks governing small-scale sand mining in South Africa lack the necessary financial and human resource capacities to support better environmental compliance, and the enforcement …
(PDF) Review: Artisanal Gold Mining in Africa
Abstract. About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activi-. ties are highly exposed to geog enic and anthropogenic potentially ...
Community Perceptions on Environmental and Social Impacts of Mining …
In South Africa for example, the Mining industry has been the major driving force behind the economic success of the country with up to eight percent (8%) of the South African GDP contributed by ...
The benefits of legalising artisanal mining in South Africa
An estimated 10% of South Africa's gold production comes from small-scale and artisanal mining (ASM), which is explicitly banned as current regulations outlaw any activities that take place without a permit, including both invasive and merely informal mining. Due to its illegal status, ASM is a much as 90 times more dangerous than larger ...
Regulatory and policy implications of sand mining …
Sand mining policy in South Africa A regulatory system has been designed to govern all mining operations, including sand mining. Three main themes, namely mineral regulation, environmental regulation and land use planning regulation, can be discerned (Green 2012). Although these three are broader and much more generic to
Small–scale mining in South Africa: Past, present and future
Mining is an important part of the South African economy and has been the driver of much of the economic development of the country. However, the small–scale mining subsector still has to realise its full potential. A small–scale mine has been defined as a mining activity employing less than 50 people and with an annual turnover of less …
ALLUVIAL DIAMOND MINING FACT SHEET
All the gravel and sand that is removed is specially treated and then reused in many different ways, such as replacing it to help rehabilitation in the area. Formal alluvial diamond mining mainly takes place in Angola, Namibia and South Africa. Small-scale informal alluvial diamond digging
Global mining footprint mapped from high-resolution …
A Larger open pit operations (ndida mine, copper porphyry deposit, Chile, 24°16'15 S, 69°4'14 W); B Formal/artisanal placer gold mining, Ankobra River, Ghana, where all mining sites are ...
Loss of land and livelihoods from mining operations: A …
South Africa like many developing countries is saddled with high population and unemployment rates (34.9%) (Statistics South Africa 2021), and poverty (Shackleton 2020). Moreover, the country is ...
(PDF) Artisanal and small-scale mining activities as post-mining …
Artisanal and small-scale mining activities as post-mining land use in abandoned mine sites: A case of Giyani and Musina areas, Limpopo Province of South Africa.pdf Available via license: CC BY-NC 4.0
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Africa: …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a thorny issue for both governments and large scale mining (LSM) companies. Often operating in remote, unregulated and environmentally sensitive areas, …