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Artisanal-small Scale Mining in Myanmar
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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Perception of Small-Scale Miners on Interventions to Eradicate Illegal Small-Scale Mining in Ghana [PDF]
SAGE Open, 2020 The proliferation of illegal mining in Ghana, coupled with its environmental impacts, especially on water bodies has compelled the government to ban all artisanal small-scale mining (ASM) activities in the country.
Rejoice Selorm Wireko-Gyebi +6 more
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The role of geophysics in enhancing mine planning decision-making in small-scale mining [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Small-scale mining usually operates under high geological uncertainty conditions. This turns mine planning into a complex and sometimes inaccurate task, resulting in low productivity and substantial variability in the quantity and quality of the mineral ...
Ricardo Tichauer +3 more
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The legalization of small scale mining in Colombia
Letras Verdes: Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios Socioambientales, 2013 The following article presents conceptual and analytical elements that allow us to broaden the debate about the legalization of the mining in Colombia.
Alexandra Urán
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Amalgamation and small-scale gold mining in the ancient Andes [PDF]
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2011 In 1532, the volume of gold provided by Atahualpa, the Inka king, as ransom for his release from the Spanish was hard evidence for the efficient small-scale gold mining that took place before European contact and the number of gold occurrences in the ...
William E. Brooks +2 more
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IS SMALL-SCALE MINING A SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD ALTERNATIVE ? [PDF]
Natural Resources and Sustainable Development, 2022 Mining poses myriad environmental and social problems although economically it has some advantages. However, despite the ill effects of mining to human beings, mining is still popular among the poor and so with the rich.
Novlloyd E. Celeste
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Le droit minier face à l’éthique de l’or
Revue Internationale des Études du Développement, 2022 The relations between industrial and artisanal miners in West Africa involve a multitude of ethical issues, including the “fair” access to the same natural resources.
Diana Ayeh
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Artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria
Journal of Human Environmental StudiesChristy Hwyere-Yashim
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The Use of C-Band and X-Band SAR with Machine Learning for Detecting Small-Scale Mining
Remote Sensing, 2022 Illicit small-scale mining occurs in many tropical regions and is both environmentally and socially hazardous. The aim of this study was to determine whether the classification of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery could detect and map small-scale ...
Gabrielle Janse van Rensburg, Jaco Kemp
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The k'ajchas and the projects of industry and nation in Bolivia (1935-1940)
Revista Mundos do Trabalho, 2018 The 1938 Convention took place under the presidential administration of “Military Socialists”, as a result of the political crisis generated by the Chaco War (1932-1935), proclaiming political measures that would be implemented during the rest of the ...
Rossana Barragán Romano
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