Artisanal and SmallScale Mining: Challenges and opportunities for greater participation. Winnipeg: IISD. Cover photo: IIED/Steve Aanu ... It is devoted to optimizing the benefits of mining to achieve poverty reduction, inclusive . growth, social development and environmental stewardship.
Cost Benefi t Analysis of the Mining Sector in Karamoja, Uganda Houdet J., Muloopa H., Ochieng C., Kutegeka S. and Nakangu B. IUCN Eastern and Southern Africa Programme
SCALES OF RESPONSIBLE GOLD MINING: OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO CLEANER ARTISANAL MINING IN SOUTHERN ECUADOR A Thesis Presented by Sara Beth Lovitz
Artisanal gold mining's curse on West African farming. Artisanal gold mining is risky and leads to labour shortages in small scale farming. ... Benefits and risks.
In many regions, though, artisanal mining is a very important livelihood, from which different groups of people derive benefits. Understanding the microfunctioning of this sector, and thus understanding how people gain access to mineral resources, is a primary task for development actors.
The Formalisation of Artisanal Mining in ... this includes analysis of the key considerations and potential costs and benefits of promoting formalisation in the sector. Significantly, the EU's requirements regarding the legality of ... The section concludes with current information on production levels, artisanal mining patterns and ...
PROMINES ARTISANAL MINING IN THE DRC Yves Bawa Project Manager, PROMINES Artisanal Mining Study, Pact Inc., DRC . Pact Inc. in the Congo Pact is an international NGO for development, ... benefits from mining and reducing its negative impacts.
Central African Republic: Boosting the potential of artisanal diamond mining 18 Jul 2016 by George Lwanda, Extractives Policy Advisor, UNDP Africa Regional Service Centre To reap the potential benefits of Central Africa's diamond mining sector, the government needs to implement a range of reforms.
"It got so clear that artisanal mining was taking a big place in the supply chain," Vandeputte said, adding that Umicore buys only from industrial mines, including mines in Congo.
Mercury, a liquid metal, is used in artisanal and smallscale gold mining to extract gold from rock and sediment. Unfortunately, mercury is a toxic substance that wreaks havoc on miners' health, not to mention the health of the planet.
The artisanal mining sector can potentially adversely affect mining communities and may provide them with limited benefits both during and after mining 1. ASM can lead to an influx of workers and create conflict with existing miners, communities, and indigenous populations 1 .
The Women in Artisanal and SmallScale Mining in Central and East Africa project is part of the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program, which is jointly funded by the UK's Department for International Development (DfID), the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC).
This is the "artisanal mining" sector – a bureaucratic euphemism for the job of scavenging, digging and clawing a living from the harsh earth with bare hands and crude tools.
of artisanal and smallscale mining, and its relationship with largescale mining, can benefit from what Bookchin (1995a) called 'dialectical naturalism'.
Mr Takavarasha says artisanal gold mining has the potential to deliver great benefits to the local economy and mining communities. "This is so because through artisanal mining, many previously ...
The Minamata Convention on mercury has received a number of criticisms and challenges that potentially hinder its progress on reducing and controlling mercury use and release by artisanal smallscale gold mining (ASSGM).
In support of its Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA) program. IRMA is a voluntary, multisector effort to create a verification system in the mining industry to assure compliance with environmental, human rights and social standards.