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2017
Illegal miners pan for gold in the tailings discharged by mines for the small amounts of gold that were not captured by processing. Artisanal mining can produce high incomes but causes human and environmental damage using mercury and other chemicals in the extraction of gold.
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Illegal miners pan for gold in the tailings discharged by mines for the small amounts of gold that were not captured by processing. Artisanal mining can produce high incomes but causes human and environmental damage using mercury and other chemicals in the extraction of gold.
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Characterization and treatment of artisanal gold mine tailings
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2008The solid waste generated by artisanal gold mining, with high mercury and gold contents, can be found in several areas in the South America. The present study focused on the tailings of an artisanal gold mine area located in the Brazilian northeastern. Samples of the mine tailings were taken and used to perform a physical and chemical characterization ...
L R P, de Andrade Lima +2 more
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
2017This chapter argues the significant issues affecting artisanal and small-scale mining in the Asia-Pacific Region are caused by the profit-driven nature of the industry, which encourages poor practices to lower operational costs. Three key issues—environmental damage, health and safety and security—seriously impact on the industry, and will not be ...
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Malaria is increasing in Indigenous and artisanal mining areas in the Brazilian Amazon
Nature Medicine, 2023M. C. Castro, C. Peterka
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Climate induced transformation of agriculture to artisanal mining economy in dry regions
Journal of Rural Studies, 2023K. Bansah +2 more
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The Colombian artisanal mining sector: Formalization is a heavy burden
The Extractive Industries and Society, 2019The Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) in Colombia has the potential to be the most pro-active government ministry in the world to deal with the problem of formalization of an estimated 300,000 Colombian artisanal miners, extracting gold, diamonds ...
M. Veiga, B. Marshall
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Artisanal Jade Mining in Myanmar
The Journal of Gemmology, 2020Min Zar Ni Lin, +5 more
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Artisanal Mining and Urbanization in Africa
The past three decades have witnessed a dramatic expansion of artisanal and smallscale gold mining (ASgM), transforming the economic and spatial opportunities of tens of millions of people. We show how this transformation has shaped urbanization in Sub-Saharan Africa since 1975.Victoire Girard, Édouard Pignède
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Politics on display: The realities of artisanal mining formalisation in Ghana
The Extractive Industries and Society, 2021A. Ofori, A. Mdee, James Van Alstine
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Mining what is not mine: Artisanal gold mining in Gwanda, Zimbabwe
The Extractive Industries and Society, 2023Edmore Mwandiringana, Jingzhong Ye
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