Better Working Conditions Can Improve Safety and …
The report shows that 40 years ago, the world's large-scale mining industry was just as unsafe as artisanal and small-scale mining. However, today, large-scale mining is one of the world's most safety conscious industries.
Artisanal and small-scale mining | EITI
In many resource-rich developing countries, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides a livelihood for millions of people, representing a major source of economic development.
Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place under extreme conditions with a lack of occupational health and safety. As the demand for metals is increasing due in part to their extensive use in 'green technologies' for climate change ...
Mining impact on communities' livelihoods: A case study …
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 …
Impacts of illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining on …
The data source was appropriate for gathering information on cocoa farming communities where illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is predominant. The secondary data collection encompassed journals, periodicals, and internet sources.
Effect of small-scale illegal mining on surface water and …
In Ghana, small-scale mining (SSM) has been carried out for many years, generating employment and income. Currently, illegal artisanal mining ('galamsey') has impacted the environment negatively, r...
2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining Sector
Delve is 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 …
How the Ghanaian government is supporting community mining
Community mining schemes, first rolled out by the IMCIM and later integrated into the NAELP, have been central to recent government efforts. These schemes aim to bolster the participation of residents of host communities in small-scale mining operations, while cracking down on illegal practices.
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with occupational communities formed by artisanal or small-scale miners.) In occupational communities,people must have the means to survive and prosper,either in the same place or elsewhere,once mining ceases.Issues such as the transfer of skills and future employment must therefore be addressed.In residential communities,minimizing
Indigenous Peoples Continue 100-year Fight Against Large-Scale …
The government should also recognize and allow communities to operate small-scale mining and compensate the communities of Itogon for damages. True justice is not merely a stoppage of large-scale mining, but upholding their ancestral land rights and rebuilding their agricultural and traditional livelihood. "For Indigenous Peoples, the …
The large footprint of small-scale artisanal gold mining in …
Areas identified as gold mining in the land cover classification model were further differentiated into two categories: large-scale, industrial mining and small-scale, artisanal mining. Industrial mining operations within the study period (2005–2019) were assumed to have a significant change in elevation because of the nature of the mining ...
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The establishment of artisanal and small-scale mining camps also has lead to increased violence as a result of community breakdown, and security is further threatened by conflicting relationships with large-scale …
Mercury Exposure and Health Impacts among Individuals in …
The children who worked in small-scale gold mining operations in Indonesia and Zimbabwe ranged in age from 9 to 17 years. Umbangtalad et al. (2007) found that Thai schoolchildren living near, but not working in, small-scale gold mining operations had increased urinary Hg concentrations. Hair Hg reflects the ingestion of Hg …
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Ending the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining
The planetGOLD programme, led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), aims to end the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining. Representatives work with governments, the private sector and mining communities across the world to eliminate mercury from artisanal mining and promote safer work environments.
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining, or ASM, is a largely informal economic sector that includes workers around the world who use basic tools to extract from the earth …
Reflecting on the impact of an artisanal and small-scale mining …
The study critically explores the impact of Ghana government's ban on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) on poverty-endemic communities in norther…
A Review of the Scope of Artisanal and Small‐Scale Mining …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is primitive with health problems determined by occupational, environmental, and social settings. ASM involves 80 + …
2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining …
CASM Communities and Small-ScaleMining initiative CBMS Community Based Monitoring System CG Compassionate Gold CIF cost, insurance, freight CIRDI Canadian International ... State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector 2020 VII ABOUT THE 2020 REPORT AND DELVE . the world.
Spatial, Temporal, and Dietary Variables Associated with
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a primary contributor to global mercury and its rapid expansion raises concern for human exposure. Non-occupational exposure risks are presumed to be strongly tied to environmental contamination; however, the relationship between environmental and huma …
COMMUNITIES AND SMALL-SCALE MINING: AN …
integrated sustainable development of impacted communities. The Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) Initiative – along with international agencies, governments, …
Artisanal Mining in the DRC (Key Issues, Challenges and
Briefing note on Artisanal Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prepared for discussion and validation at the DRC donor coordination meeting facilitated by Communities and Small-Scale Mining (CASM) in Kinshasa on August 15-17 2007.
Mercury Exposure in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Communities
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the largest sources of mercury (Hg) pollution in Indonesia. In West Java Province, ASGM is found in Bogor, Cianjur, and Sukabumi Regencies.The present study aimed to …
The Resiliency of the Philippine Small-Scale Mining …
These conditions make small-scale mining communities more vulnerable to natural disasters. In the Philippines, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is …
Strengthening Artisanal and small Scale Mining (ASM) …
social sustainability of artisanal and small scale mining (ASM) communities in certain part of the country. The project has the development objective of significantly reducing the poverty levels of ASM communities in rural Ethiopia with an emphasis on increasing economic opportunities for ASM communities. As to the ...
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
CASM (Community and Small-Scale Mining – ) is an initiative of the World Bank and is a valuable instrument for donor coordination, experience and information exchange and for channelling
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and biodiversity: a …
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is crucial to the livelihoods of close to 20 million people in over 80 countries, including 4-5 million women, mainly in rural areas with limited alternative economic prospects, particularly in developing countries. ASGM is largely informal, which can add to the challenge of addressing negative social …
Artisanal small-scale mining: Potential ecological disaster in
Artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) has devastating impacts on the environment, such as deforestation, over-stripping of overburden, burning of bushes and use of harmful chemicals like mercury. These environmental impacts are a result of destructive mining, ...
Social Impacts of Modern Small-scale Mining: Case Studies …
This paper analyzes the social impacts of "modern" small-scale mining as perceived by four small communities in Serbia and Bosnia & Herzegovina. The case data consists of 58 semi-structured intervi...