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Business solutions to the formalization of artisanal gold mining
, 2016 Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) exists in virtually every developing country with accessible mineral deposits. Typically ASM is an informal or in some cases illegal activity with numerous problems associated with it including mercury pollution, non-existent health and safety standards and abusive child labour practices.
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Earth and Space ScienceSmall‐scale artisanal mining is a vital sector of the economy of Burkina Faso. This activity, correctly regulated, remains essential for the population despite security issues since 2015.
R. A. I. Dao, H. Ilboudo, D. Baratoux
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, 2022 Artisanal gold mining causes widespread health problems due to illegal exposure to hazardous inorganic compounds, such as arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg). The sources and prevalence of mining pollution are strongly influenced by topography, stream dynamics,
Silva Oliveira, Marcos Leandro +4 more
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Artisanal gold mining at the margins of mineral resource governance: a case from Tanzania
, 2008 This article discusses the character of mineral resource governance at the margins of the state in Tanzania and the way artisanal gold miners are incorporated into mineral sector transformation.
Eleanor Fisher, Fisher, Eleanor
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Artisanal gold mining in Kakamega and Vihiga counties, Kenya: potential human exposure and health risk. [PDF]
Environ Geochem Health, 2023 Ondayo MA +5 more
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Environmental and health risks posed to children by artisanal gold mining: A systematic review. [PDF]
SAGE Open Med, 2022 Allan-Blitz LT, Goldfine C, Erickson TB.
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Gold as a resource of war in Sudan: Governance and the power struggle
EchoGéoThe 2023 Sudan conflict ignited a severe humanitarian crisis exacerbating deep-rooted issues related to resource management. Over the years, gold in particular has become a significant factor in militarizing Sudanese politics, driven by conflicting ...
Mohamed Salah Abdelrahman
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Quicksilver & Gold: Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining
Environmental Health Perspectives, 2012 In 2009 a mining engineer named Marcello Veiga set out to study mercury air pollution in a part of northwest Colombia called Antioquia Department. This mountainous, conflict-ridden state, where leftist guerillas routinely battle Colombian security forces, is an important center for artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).
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Photo Blog: Artisanal gold mining in South Africa
, 2016 Janet Munakamwe details the process of artisanal gold mining by migrant workers in South Africa. This photo blog is a companion piece to the article, Between a rock and a hard place: Informal artisanal gold mining in Johannesburg by Zaheera ...
Munakamwe, Janet
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Gold matters: visualizing mining worlds
, 2023 This book uses text and photographs to highlight a transdisciplinary research project (2018-2022) about artisanal and small-scale gold mining that involved transdisciplinary collaboration between academics, artists, and gold miners.
Sawadogo, C. +16 more
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