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Artisanal-small Scale Mining in Myanmar [PDF]
Applied Environmental Research, 2014 In many parts of the world, artisanal or small-scale mining activities are at least as important as large-scale mining activities. The numbers of people employed are actually considerably greater than in large companies. In 2002, an estimated 13 million
Aung Kyin
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Occupational accidents in artisanal mining in Katanga, D.R.C. [PDF]
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, 2013 Introduction: This study focuses on accidents in artisanal mining, to support policies improving miners' employability. Materials and Methods: Based on a questionnaire administered in November 2009 to a sample of 180 miners from the artisanal mining of ...
Myriam Elenge +2 more
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Formalization of Mining Rights in the East African Community; Cadastre perspective on artisanal mining rights [PDF]
African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2022 Context and background Artisanal mining has long been integral part of livelihood structure and economic systems of certain rural communities. Artisanal mining operates informally in developing countries coupled with social, environmental, and economic ...
George Odhiambo Konguka
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Artisanal mining policy development
Mineral EconomicsMillions of people are involved in artisanal mining. High prices for certain commodities attract people. The conditions under which they operate are rarely conducive to health, environmental quality or social justice.
K. Sinding
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Rethinking Artisanal Mining: The Lived Experiences of Rural Artisanal Mining Communities in South Africa [PDF]
Journal of Social and Development SciencesIn South Africa, colonialism and apartheid have left a legacy of a gendered, racially and geographically skewed extractive industry, in which many rural communities endowed with mineral resources face severe economic hardships, marginalization, and socio-cultural disorganization resulting from, among other things, land and mineral resource ...
Zondo, Nonkululeko Melody
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Work and Masculinity in Katanga’s Artisanal Mines
Africa Spectrum, 2014 This article, based on 16 months of anthropological fieldwork between 2005 and 2012, examines the relationship between work and masculinity among artisanal miners, or creuseurs, in Katanga, the southeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the ...
Jeroen Cuvelier
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Artisanal mining in Africa. Green for Gold?
The Economic JournalAbstract The livelihoods of 130 to 270 million people depend on artisanal mining. Artisanal mining is a labour-intensive, often illegal, extractive activity. We combine geological knowledge and a source of exogenous temporal variation to construct the first proxy for artisanal gold mining in Africa—the main form of artisanal mining.
Girard, Victoire +2 more
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L’essor de l’activité minière à l’Ouest du Kenya
EchoGéo, 2023 In Kakamega County, in Western Kenya, mining activity and in particular artisanal gold mining offers today more attractive income than its traditional agricultural sector. However, artisanal miners remain limited in the exploitation of gold resources due
Joseph Bohbot
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BMC Public Health, 2023 Background Health issues are associated with artisanal mining in the DR Congo. The scenario is worst when artisanal mining is done informally or with limited material and technical resources.
Christian Ahadi Irenge +3 more
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FORMALIZATION OF MINING RIGHTS IN THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY; CADASTRE PERSPECTIVE ON ARTISANAL MINING RIGHTS [PDF]
, 2023 Artisanal mining has long been integral part of livelihood structure and economic systems of certain rural communities. Artisanal mining operates informally in developing countries coupled with social, environmental, and economic challenges ...
Konguka, George Odhiambo +1 more
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