Livelihoods and Policy in the Artisanal and Small-Scale ...
For their own purposes, countries have devised unique definitions of "artisanal" and/or "small-scale mining", according to a variety of criteria such as the following: • Level of mechanisation (e.g. as in Brazil, Burkina Faso Ghana and Sri Lanka) • Size of Concession (e.g. as in Ghana, Zambia and Zimbabwe)
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A comparison of licensed and un-licensed artisanal and ...
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) represents one of the most hazardous work environments. While formalization of this sector has been suggested (e.g., Minamata Convention) as a means to improve working conditions, we are unaware of empirical evidence that supports this notion. This study aimed to compare sociodemographic profiles, work profiles, and injury rates among …
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
In many developing countries, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is largely a poverty-driven activity which plays an important economic role. It is estimated that in the order of 13 million people in about 30 countries are directly engaged in small-scale mining, a significant proportion of whom are women and children.
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An Integrated Assessment Approach to Address Artisanal and ...
Abstract. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is growing in many regions of the world including Ghana. The problems in these communities are complex and multi-faceted. To help increase understanding of such problems, and to enable consensus-building and effective translation of scientific findings to stakeholders, help inform policies ...
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The impact of small-scale gold mining on mining ...
mining sector on measures to mitigate the negative impacts of small-scale surface mining and assist the industry to grow in a more sustainable manner (Yakubu 2002). There are also discursions on general concepts of sustainable development and how it can be applied to the small-scale surface mining in Ghana. In sustaining such a sector, it is
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana
ARtISAnAl AnD SMAll-SC AlE GolD MInInG In G hAnA | EID ENCE TO INFORM AN 'ACTION DIALOGU E' 6 Summary Introduction In Ghana, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has grown in size and significance. Its contribution to wealth creation, employment and the economy makes it one of the nation's most important livelihood activities,
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Occupying the Fringes: The Struggles of Women in Artisanal ...
and Small‑Scale Gold Mining in Rural Ghana—Evidence ... Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) remains an important source of employ- ... on the historical trajectories of mining [40], causes of participation in 30, ASM [4, 53], work patterns, discrimination, and gender reproduction [33] and 11, ...
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[PDF] Perspectives on participation in artisanal ...
Abstract This article critically examines the issue of growing participation in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector, particularly within its illegal segment, drawing upon experiences from Birim North District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Although an estimated 50% of those employed in ASM are women, few researchers have investigated what roles women play in the …
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An Integrated Assessment Approach to Address Artisanal and ...
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is growing in many regions of the world including Ghana. The problems in these communities are complex and multi-faceted. To help increase understanding of such problems, and to enable consensus-building and effective translation of scientific findings to stakeholders, help inform policies, and ultimately improve decision making, we utilized an ...
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Injuries among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners in Ghana
Artisanal and small-scale gold miners are confronted with numerous hazards often resulting in varying degrees of injuries and fatalities. In Ghana, like many developing countries, there is paucity of information on the causes and nature of the accidents that result in the injuries. The study was a retrospective, cross sectional type that examined the records of injuries of artisanal and small ...
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Perception of Small-Scale Miners on Interventions to ...
Ghana, illegal mining, artisanal small-scale mining, government, environmental sustainability. 2 SAGE Open ... perceptions of miners on the actual causes of the increasing ... interest groups, or when power sharing is limited or lack-ing. Given this context, this article inquires: if identifying ...
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining - World Bank
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining occurs in approximately 80 countries worldwide. There are approximately 100 million artisanal miners globally. Artisanal and small-scale production supply accounts for 80% of global sapphire, 20% of gold mining and up to 20% of diamond mining. It is widespread in developing countries in Africa, Asia, Oceania ...
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Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold ...
This report is one of three synthesis documents produced via an integrated assessment (IA) that aims to increase understanding of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Ghana. Given the complexities surrounding ASGM, an IA framework was utilized to analyze economic, social, health, and environmental data, and co-develop evidence-based ...
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NECPAD - Programs and Projects
in Small Scale Mining and Quarrying in 6 Districts in Ghana May, 2011- Dec, 2013 The project is part of a Multi-bilateral Programme of Technical Cooperation under the Project titled "Eliminating the Worst Forms of Child Labour in West Africa and Strengthening Sub-Regional Cooperation through ECOWAS.
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Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges and ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has grown significantly with approximately 40.5 million people directly involved, and an additional 150 million dependent on the sector for their livelihood. Though not often acknowledged, the role of women in ASM is significant, as they make up around 30
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In Ghana, civil society is driving mining and oil reforms ...
The success in Shama has prompted the organization to consider replicating this model in Tarkwa, Ghana's largest mining district, which receives more than a million dollars annually from mining revenues. While in Ghana I also spent time discussing artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – or "galamsey" in Ghanaian patois – with the ...
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ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD- Environmental effects of ...
Environmental effects of Small-Scale mining in Ghana, West Africa . Gloria Appiah -Sefah, Jingyu Huang, Kyereh Boateng, Philip Nti Nkrumah . Abstract— Small-scale and artisanal mining locally known as has become a namegalamseyon the lips of environmentalists, ... lives of perpetuators as well as the embarrassment it causes
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Mercury contamination of soil and water media from ...
1. Introduction. Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM), the source of approximately 20% of the world's gold, is the largest source of mercury (Hg) pollution on earth; contributing approximately 20–30% (Veiga et al., 2006; UNEP, 2005).Roughly10 to 19 million people use mercury to extract gold in more than 70 countries, making mercury pollution from ASGM a global issue.
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Africa: Study claims artisanal & small-scale mining's ...
"Artisanal and small-scale mining in Africa, the environmental and human costs of a vital livelihood source" Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) provides jobs to 13 million people in 80 countries worldwide, numbers that resemble those of large-scale mining. Whilst the latter is often undertaken by big companies, requires a substantial labour force and operations continue until sites …
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Review of Environmental and Health Impacts of Mining in Ghana
In Ghana, the endemic nature of Buruli ulcer in communities adjacent to mining activities suggests that proximity to artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a risk factor for this disease, as is the case of the higher prevalence of Buruli ulcer in the Amansie West District.26 An increased risk of infection was not associated with direct ...
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Ghana's battle with illegal small-scale mining | Africa at LSE
The causes are many, but illegal artisanal and small-scale mining is a major theme. The current government, which came into power at the peak of the crisis in 2017, took steps to deal with the issue by banning galamsey and ASM activities, and setting up an Inter-Ministerial Committee to develop appropriate regulations.
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Variation in thyroid hormone levels is associated with ...
Introduction. Artisanal or small-scale mining by definition are those operations using only rudimentary or artisanal implements as well as more sophisticated mining activities operating at a relatively low level of production and which generally require limited capital investment [].Artisanal small-scale mining is largely a poverty driven activity that constitutes an important source of ...
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Occupational Safety and Health in Mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining extracts a wide range of minerals in large quantities, ranging from gold and precious stones to zinc, coal and bauxite. Women provide up to 50% of the small-scale mining workforce, and a large number of children still work in small-scale mining.
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining and health
environmental and occupational health hazards associated with artisanal and small-scale gold mining Sponge gold: the output of the burning step in ASGM when amalgam is …
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Galamsey and the Making of a Deep State in Ghana ...
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) 1 has in the recent past been a respected traditional vocation in Ghana. For centuries, mining of gold and other metals has been characterised by individual, group or family . ownership in local communities before the introduction of foreign large scale operations during and after British colonial rule.
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GLOBAL TRENDS IN ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has experienced explosive growth in recent years due to the rising value of mineral prices and the increasing difficulty of earning a living from agriculture and other . rural activities. An estimated 40.5 million people were directly engaged in ASM in 2017, up from 30
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Small scale mining in Ghana - 5 reasons to start this ...
Advantages of small scale mining business in Ghana: With the current increase of unemployment cases in Ghana, small scale mining will really bridge the gap of unemployment by taking in skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled labor. This would reduce the high poverty levels experienced in remote areas where the minerals are found.
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(PDF) Artisanal Mining of Gold with Mercury in Ghana
The artisanal and small-scale mining sector in Ghana is estimated to directly employ about one million people and supports approximately 4.5 million others indirectly [4].
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Legal Regime in Ghana ...
Artisanal Small-Scale Mining (ASM) has become an issue of national interest due to its evident impact on the environment and society at large. Recognizing the need to regulate the sector, and in response to an intense media and CSO campaign, the Government of Ghana has taken important steps with the establishment of the high level inter-ministerial task force to lead and coordinate government ...
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Government urged to use licensing in disincentivizing ...
The artisanal and small-scale mining industry supports about 12 percent of the country's 30.8 million population and accounts for more than …
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Troubled waters: Artisanal mining and livelihoods in Ghana ...
Artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) is not new in Ghana. Known as galamsey, artisanal mining has been going on since pre-colonial times and the number of artisanal miners is believed to be in the tens of thousands today. It is an important …
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Impacts of Artisanal Small-Scale Mining in Rural ...
The mining sector is subcategorized into large scale mining and artisanal small-scale mining. The sector has over the years been contributing less than 3 percent to the Growth Domestic Product (GDP) and equally low to export earnings. However, the contribution to the GDP has risen to 10 percent following the opening of the Kayelekera
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Causes, Effects and Solutions for Mining - E&C
One cause of mining is population growth. With an increasing population, the overall world consumption levels also increase. This means that in order to be able to provide enough goods for the world population, resources have to be extracted at large scale. One great possibility to …
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