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Environmental impact of artisanal gold mining in Nigeria: a review

Dutse Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences
It is a known fact that artisanal gold mining (AGM) benefits poor farming communities in Nigeria, and its uncontrolled expansion has become a serious threat to the environmental and public health. This review intends to examine the main environmental issues connected to AGM in Zamfara and Niger states including places where most mining is not regulated.
null Binitie Vincent Oseikhuemen, null Christopher Simon Dalom, null Esharive Ogaga   +2 more
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Development of Gold Mining Industry in Yakutia in 1920s

Научный диалог
This study explores the history of the emergence of the gold mining sector in the mining industry of Yakutia during the early stages of the Soviet-style economy.
N. I. Burnasheva, I. I. Kovlekov
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Impact of Mercury Use in Artisanal Gold Mining on \ud Community Health: Kahama Case Study, Tanzania [PDF]

, 2014
This study is part of the main research carried out in 2010 which investigated social economic impact of uncontrolled artisanal mining on local communities and the environment using a case study of sampled gold mining sites in selected villages in ...
Kalwani, Jumanne Daudi, Fumbuka, Colorine   +1 more
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Mining for the Future: Dynamics of Artisanal Gold Mining Practice and Governance in the Balan-Bakama (Mande, Mali)

, 2017
This dissertation examines the social organization of artisanal gold mining in the Balan-Bakama, a zone of the Mande area of southern Mali (West-Africa).
Kuhn, Esther
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Artisanal gold mining, Mercury and Health. Paraguay

Safety and Health at Work, 2022
Laura Emilce Flores, Patricia Gimenez, Patricia Alfonso Denis, Gloria Leon, Ovidio Espinola, Mauricio Rodas, Maria Irene Santacruz, Margarita Correa, Rocio Ramirez   +8 more
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Collapse of underground galleries in gold-panning mines: Perception of stakeholders in the Doko Sub-Prefecture, Siguiri Prefecture, Republic of Guinea

Environmental & Socio-economic Studies
Artisanal gold mining is recognized as a long-standing activity in the Siguiri prefecture in general and the Doko sub-prefecture in particular. Despite its significant contribution to community development, it has disastrous consequences for both the ...
Diallo Moussa, Konaté Ahmed Amara, Sidibé Diaka   +2 more
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Lead Toxicoses in Free-Range Chickens in Artisanal Gold-Mining Communities, Zamfara, Nigeria. [PDF]

J Health Pollut, 2020
Oladipo OO, Akanbi OB, Ekong PS, Uchendu C, Ajani O.   +4 more
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When miners become “foreigners”: Competing categorizations within gold mining spaces in Guinea

, 2014
Drawing on ethnographic research and problem-centered interviews in Guinean mining areas, this paper presents a comparative reading of the conflicting conceptions of what constitutes a “mining community.” First, I explore how independent artisanal miners
Bolay, Matthieu
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Artisanal Gold Mining Is Destroying Amazonian Peatlands

Eos
A new analysis of archived satellite imagery has revealed that the growing presence of small-scale mining in the Peruvian Amazon is threatening carbon reserves and unique ecosystems.
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Assessment of the impacts of artisanal small scale gold mining on environmental governance within the Mazowe catchment

, 2016
This study focused on assessing the impacts of artisanal small-scale gold activities on the environmental governance of the Mazowe catchment. A representative sample of 32 respondents was selected from three sites with the Upper Mazowe sub-catchment.
Chandiwana, Vimbai
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