Artisanal and small-scale mining and the Sustainable …
On 19 July 2016, the United Nations Development Program, in collaboration with Columbia University, the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the World Economic Forum, unveiled the final version of its Mapping Mining to the Sustainable Development Goals: A Preliminary Atlas (UNDP, 2016a).The document argues that foreign-financed large-scale …
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West African Study Tour on Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining …
As part of the implementation of their National Action Plans (NAP) to reduce and, if possible, eliminate the use of mercury in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Côte d'Ivoire and Togo in response to Article 7 and Annex C of the Minamata Convention, a study tour was organised from 21 to 26 May 2023, around the town of Kara, in northern Togo.
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BUILDING CAPACITY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL …
The Africa Mining Vision (AMV) as a model of natural resource management in Africa seeks to transform the continent's social and economic development path through harnessing the continent's mineral resources, and the potential of the small scale mining. Its provision for Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM) is
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Blood Diamonds: More than a Humanitarian Crisis?
The process usually begins with the extraction of diamonds from small "artisanal" or large-scale mining operations in areas tens to hundreds of kilometers square. ... The Kimberly Process was developed to eradicate the sale of blood diamonds (Howard, 2015). ... nearly 1/3 of all active African mining operations are located in ecosystems and ...
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Four decades of support for artisanal and small-scale mining …
Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, 2014. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is one of the major contributors to national income and is a recognized pillar for poverty reduction in the mineral economies of the developing south (Hentschel et al., 2003; IIED, 2002; ISG, 2011).
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State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector …
The 2019 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector is a collaboration between the World Bank Energy and Extractive Industries Global Practice, Pact, Surrey Business School University of Surrey, ... UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNEP United Nations Environment Programme UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development ...
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All About the Kimberley Diamond Mine in South Africa
At Kimberley visitors can view a 17-minute movie about the location and the history of diamond mining in Africa. They also get to walk out on a high platform to view The Big Hole, take a ride down a faux mining shaft, enter a locked vault to view genuine diamonds of all colors, and visit a small museum.
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Mining
Mining is an industry of strategic importance in Southern Africa. Roughly half of the world's vanadium, platinum, and diamonds originate in the region, along with 36% of gold and 20% of cobalt. These minerals contribute greatly to several Southern African Development Community (SADC) Member State gross national product and employment, and many of them depend on …
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'Age is just a number': Articulating the cultural dimension of …
Examines the cultural dimension of child labour in the context of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Africa. ... on child labour implemented to date. They are as follows: 1) the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (C138); 2) the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), 1989; and 3) the aforementioned C182. All three ...
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Understanding violence in artisanal small-scale mining
Because of general preference of the US dollar over the unstable new domestic currency, Artisanal and Small Miners (ASMers) divert part of their gold to the black market, which pays 100 percent in USD said the ZMF president. ZMF is a mother body of all associations representing Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners (ASM) in the country.
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2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining …
AMV Africa Mining Vision ARM Alliance for Responsible Mining ASGM artisanal and small-scale gold mining ASM artisanal and small-scale mining ASM18 International Conference on Artisanaland Small-scale Mining & Quarrying AWIMA Africa Women in Mining Association BGI Better Gold Initiative BGR Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaftenund Rohstofe
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REPORT ON ARTISANAL & SMALL-SCALE MINING IN …
AMDC, in partnership with the African Centre for Gender at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, produced a study on women in artisanal and small-scale mining in …
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2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining …
World Bank. 2020. 2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining Sector. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Acknowledgments and key contributors: The 2020 State of the …
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Formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in …
2. Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in sub-Saharan Africa: A Brief Review of Key Policy Debates, 1990-Present In just three decades, ASM has emerged from virtual anonymity to become one of the most contested and polarizing subjects in the field of internat ional development. Throughout the 1990s, the sector was
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FROM CONFLICT TO DEVELOPMENT DIAMONDS: THE …
Broadly speaking, the term artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) refers to the mining activities of small groups (whether integrated into a cooperative or not) and individuals, who use...
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Zama zama diamond mining in Kimberley, South Africa
Zama zama diamond mining in Kimberley, South Africa. To combat violence and environmental degradation from mining companies and criminal syndicates, zama zama …
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National Action Plan for the Reduction and/or …
AMV – African Mining Vision AOMANE – Association of Artisanal Mining Operators of Naculene ASG - Artisanal Gold (handmade Gold) ... UN – United Nations UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization ... Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) is an integral part of the economy in many developing countries. It is estimated ...
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WASHINGTON DECLARATION ON INTEGRATING …
and precarious nature of artisanal and small-scale mining. While better traceability, regulation, and enforcement are absolutely necessary, greater economic security and sustainable development are equally important goals if rough diamonds are to be brought into legitimate chains of custody and artisanal miners are to move into the formal economy.
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Seminar on ARTISANAL & SMALL-SCALE MINING IN …
UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS ECA DESA Economic Commission for Africa Department for Economic and Social Affairs Seminar on ARTISANAL & SMALL-SCALE MINING IN AFRICA: IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES & BUILDING THE SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS OF COMMUNITIES RECOMMENDATIONS Yaoundé, Cameroon 19-22 November 2002 . 2 « …
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The Kimberley Process (Fact Sheet)
From conflict to development diamonds: the Kimberley process, and Africa's artisanal diamond mines diamonds, our research has shown that the livelihoods of between 7 and 10 million …
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Stronger Value Chains Are Vital for Artisanal Small-Scale Mining
15 April 2024, Lusaka, Zambia — An international event is taking place in Lusaka, Zambia this week, which is aimed at improving practices in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of Development Minerals.These are minerals such as construction materials, industrial minerals and semi-precious stones the mining of which support the livelihoods of millions of people, mostly …
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Gendering women's livelihoods in artisanal and small-scale mining…
artisanal and small-scale mining: an introduction, Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 54:1, 1-16, DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2019.1691028
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Compendium on best practices in small-scale mining in Africa
Compendium on best practices in small-scale mining in Africa. View. Bib. 37952_I.pdf. Download. Bib. 37952_I.pdf (5.519Mb) Published 2002-12. Author(s)/Corporate Author (s) ... and it is also an attempt to differentiate between artisanal and small-scale mining proper. The United Nations uses the volume of material mined to establish the ...
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Tunotex Pty Ltd | Africa's Leader in Small Scale Gold Mining …
Our unique insight into the needs of small scale gold miners keeps us passionate about the products we design and build. Here at Tunotex (Pty) Ltd, we strive to keep gold mining accessible for small scale companies and operations. Small scale gold miners know that scaled down jaw crushers, roller crushers, portable mills and other forms of small mining equipment …
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Blood Diamonds: More than a Humanitarian Crisis?
Left: Raw diamonds with a human hand to scale. Right: small-scale diamond mine in Angola (Kedem et al, 2021), and Bottom: map illustrating diamond producing …
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Modernizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
status in the United States. IISD receives core operating support from the ... for instance, women account for 50% of Africa's ASM workforce (Ramdoo et al., 2023; ... mining and small-scale mining, by analyzing the tools, techniques, and technologies utilized across the mining life cycle, as illustrated in Figure 1. The detailed breakdown in the
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Kimberly Diamond Mines: Discovery and …
Diamond mines at Kimberly yielded more diamonds than any other operation before. Within a year of the first diamond claims more than 50,000 people were living in tents and make do shelters. Africans numbered about …
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African Women in Artisanal and Small-scale Mining
and Small-Scale Mining: A Rapid Assessment Toolkit, says that some African countries, such as the Ghana and Malawi, have more than 50% of women making up the artisanal and small-scale mining workforce. Conservative estimates indi-cate the presence of more than eight million artisanal miners in Africa ( according to the UNECA and the African Union
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South Africa History
The gold mines employed 100,000 African laborers, five times as many as did the diamond mines, and drew these men from throughout southern Africa, although most came from Portuguese-ruled areas of ...
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Special Geologic Studies: Artisanal and small-scale mining …
This project focuses on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of minerals and gemstones globally and the illegal mining and transport of these natural resources. Project scientists employ field mapping, geomorphological techniques, and remote sensing to map, monitor, and evaluate mineral deposits and ASM activities in conflict zones and during …
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