In a global context, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is critical in poverty reduction. The ASM sector is a viable pathway for creating sustainable …

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The aim of this study was to investigate the challenges and prospects for small-scale mining entrepreneurs in South Africa, the support structures available to them as well as the factors that ...

For many years, Ghana's government focused on large-scale mining. Small-scale mining was neglected until 1989, when a new law was passed to legalise and regularise the sector by introducing a ...

For instance, the Ghana Association of Small-Scale Miners has had a memorandum of understanding with the University of Technology and Mining (UMaT) to train artisanal and small-scale miners, especially in gold management and occupational health and safety matters (Kwofie, 2015). Also, Artisanal Mining Africa Network exists …

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Worldwide, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) includes an estimated forty million participants, and ASM activities indirectly support more than 150 million people across eighty countries in the global South (Intergovernmental Forum, 2017: 2).In the South African context, the number of people employed in the sector is estimated to be …

Small-scale mining offers opportunities, but there are many challenges, writes Kgothatso 'KayG' Nhlengetwa. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a worldwide phenomenon that is practiced predominantly in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. It is estimated that 20–30 million people are employed by the sector worldwide. ASM …

small-scale mining in Africa and to outline a series of strategies that, if adopted, could reduce the magnitude of the industry's environmental ... Toward the end of the 19th century, gold rushes began in South Africa and along the Gold Coast, mass copper mining commenced in south-eastern Africa, and diamond extraction occurred …

Artisanal mining is illegal in South Africa, as it is not provided for in primary mining legislation. The MPRDA does provide for a mining permit, which was envisioned to provide for the regulation of all artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities occurring on a sub-industrial scale.

An illegal artisanal gold mining industry takes root. South Africa's Witwatersrand goldfields have produced over 30% of all the gold ever mined. But in recent decades, large-scale gold mining ...

In line with this aim, the main purpose of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act was to establish and promote South Africa's artisanal and small-scale mining sector. However, the primary focus of the MPRDA is on small-scale mining, which does not necessarily mean artisanal mining (Bester and Groenewald, …

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Nevertheless, uncertainty is at the core of lifeways because lacking extensive geological knowledge, miners consider it is always, to some extent, a gamble whether there is enough gold in a deposit to justify investment and mining. "Small-scale gold miners are very religious people," a crew of Pretinha explains half laughing half serious in ...

1. Introduction. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) occurs in about 80 countries, and there are more than 100 million artisanal and small-scale gold miners globally [].Within sub-Saharan Africa, informal employment is the main source of employment in central Africa (91.0%), eastern Africa (91.6%) and western Africa …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important source of livelihood for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), though it is small in its contribution to the total mineral production but employs a larger number of people in rural communities than large-scale mining activities do (Hilson and McQuilken 2014).It is reported that …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a human health concern, especially in low-income countries like Uganda due to the use of mercury (Hg) in the mining process. ... of miners in South Africa and 5%–46.7% in Ghana had Hg urine levels above the recommended levels. 20,33,33 However, these differences are possibly …

An estimated 10% of South Africa's gold production comes from small-scale and artisanal mining. Credit: Courtesy of Knut-Erik Helle Illegal mining in South Africa is a massive industry, mostly small-scale and artisanal in nature, it employs as many as 30,000 men, women and children.

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58% of African small-scale mines were engaged in gold and gemstone mining, 11% in base metals, 16% in industrial minerals, and 15% in con-struction …

Illegal small-scale gold and diamond miners, or "zama zamas", frequently occupy both closed and active mines in South Africa. According to the government, the practice has made a considerable dent ...

Mining is an important part of South Africa's economy, for many years the sector has been the country's development driver. South Africa has a long history of mining, both on a small scale and large scale. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in South Africa received official recognition after the change in government in 1994.

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 …

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 …

sustained behaviour change of miners and the gold supply chain infrastructure requires understanding and overcoming social and cultural barriers as well as political commitment. Mercury amalgamation is currently the most commonly used method to extract gold in artisanal and small-scale gold mining due to its ease of use, low cost, and abundant

South Africa's 'zama-zama' Illegal mining in South Africa has dominated the news from the late 1990s, when large-scale gold mines in the the Witwatersrand Basin were decommissioned. Most of ...

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Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a thorny issue for both governments and large scale mining (LSM) companies. ... In Ghana ASM contributed 9% of total gold production in 2000, but by 2010 this …

Worldwide, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) includes an estimated forty million participants, and ASM activities indirectly support more than 150 million …