This report from the World Gold Council examines how these domestic purchasing programmes work, the benefits they can confer, and the challenges of raising environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) industry. 1. Using four case studies we examine ways in which …Web

A recent query of Scopus using the search term (keyword, title or abstract) "small-scale mining" (Fig. 1) returned approximately 580 publications dealing with the issues of artisanal small-scale mining.The search demonstrated that the body of research literature describing small-scale mining is expanding, but this focuses on artisanal …Web

Some of the poorest people in the world's poorest countries eke out a living in artisanal and small‐scale mining (ASM). Equipped with primitive tools like picks, shovels, buckets, and gold pans, they work mining valuable resources, like gold, diamonds, tin, lithium, rare earth elements, tantalum, and cobalt, and any other usable commodity, for …Web

In this article we start from the premise that the study of technological and organizational features of small-scale gold mining is essential in improving the activity …Web

We present evidence of unequal distribution of gold mining benefits between elite actors and artisanal miners, and reflect on its implications for the social conditions of artisanal miners. ... It is now commonplace in Zimbabwe to associate artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) or chikorokoza (as it is popularly known locally) with ...Web

Ghana, like most resource-rich countries, is saddled and inundated with resource curse challenges. Key among them is the problem of illegal small-scale gold mining activities (ISSGMAs), which is mercilessly robbing the nation of its ecological integrity, despite attempts by successive governments to remedy the situation. In the …Web

1. Introduction. Mining can be an important driver of economic growth in many developing countries. There is growing consensus, however, that society must manage mining to catalyze broad-based economic development whilst simultaneously achieving maximum social and economic benefits (United Nations, 2012).Yet concerns remain …Web

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important, if often-overlooked, means of income generation for individuals living in developing countries that are rich in …Web

In Zimbabwe gold production is a crucial component of the nation's GDP and artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is anticipated to be a major boost towards attaining the 12 billion by 2023 mining vision set by the president in 2019. ... Another advantage of an artisanal driven gold market in Zimbabwe is the increase in resilience to ...Web

An estimated 10% of South Africa's gold production comes from small-scale and artisanal mining (ASM), which is explicitly banned as current regulations outlaw any activities that take place without a permit, including both invasive and merely informal mining. Due to its illegal status, ASM is a much as 90 times more dangerous than larger ...Web

A major advantage wit h the mercury-free process is that the same equipment can be used in the whole ore . ... Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world's largest source of ...Web

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is present in over 80 countries, employing about 15 million miners and serving as source of livelihood for …Web

In the recent years, there has been a surge in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in various districts of Malawi. Reports of a gold rush have emerged in various districts, including Mangochi, Lilongwe, Balaka, and lately in Kasungu. There has been persistence by many indigenous communities participating in ASGM activities, yet …Web

Indonesia is host to a long history of gold mining and is responsible for a significant contribution to world gold production. This is true not only with regard to large gold mining companies but also to small-scale mining groups comprised of people and enterprises that participate in the gold industry of Indonesia. More than two thousand …Web

This report provides quantitative insights into how large-scale mining (LSM), and specifically mines operated by World Gold Council (WGC) member companies, contributes to economic advancement and improves livelihoods at a global, national and local community level. ... The report aims to inform and deepen the on-going discussion of the …Web

and financial benefits are shared. It is devoted to optimizing the benefits of mining to achieve poverty reduction, inclusive growth, social development and ... This is particularly true for artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), or gold mining, which has a longstanding history in West Africa. Millions of people within the region dependWeb

Our mine site also highlights some of the innovations companies are implementing to safely and efficiently produce gold. We support the responsible mining and trading of gold from all legitimate sources including artisanal gold mining. Learn about small-scale gold …Web

Indonesia is included in the top ten gold producers worldwide (with production in December 2020 alone reaching 130 tons) [ 1, 2] and is host to large number of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGMs) businesses and operational facilities. The definition offered by Wiriosudarmo (1999) in Prabawa (2020) [ 3] states that ASGM can …Web

fact remains that small-scale and artisanal mining activities will continue for at least as long as poverty makes them necessary. It is therefore essential to maximize the benefits brought and enabled by small-scale mining, and to mitigate the costs. According to a recent survey carried out by the International LabourWeb

The ore contents in gold mining range from only half a gram per ton of ore, for example, in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Brazil to several tens of grams per ton of ore in the large industrial mines in Canada or Australia. Furthermore, chemicals such as cyanide or mercury are used for extraction.Web

Introduction. Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) involves gold mining through basic rudimentary and semi-mechanized methods [].ASGM is usually associated with poor health and safety standards [].In 2017, an estimated 14–19 million miners were employed in ASGM globally [].In Zimbabwe, over 500,000 people are …Web

Benefits to small-scale miners would include more efficiency and longevity at sites, minimized environmental degradation and improved profitability. Comprehensive legislation specific to ASM needs …Web

ASGM is a complex global development issue. Introducing alternatives to mercury amalgamation continues to be a key challenge, one that is being tackled by many …Web

Small-scale gold mining refers to extraction and processing through manual or partially mechanised techniques, although the scope of extraction, capital invested, …Web

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activities have been a significant source of employment for Kenyans, playing a critical role in poverty reduction and rural development. ... 30,000, other: 25,000), of which approximately 70,000 (75%) are artisanal and small-scale miners. The gold mining sector, inclusive of Taita Taveta, Migori, …Web

One of the clearest examples of this contestation is unlicensed small-scale mining. In this article, I examine a case of gold mining conflict in the Pongkor region of West Java, Indonesia. There, state-corporate and small-scale mining compete over the same gold reserves, directly confronting each other both above and below ground.Web

These conditions make small-scale mining communities more vulnerable to natural disasters. In the Philippines, artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is practiced in more than 30 provinces across the country, employs around 300,000 to 500,000 miners, and supports the livelihood of another two million people nationwide. But with the …Web

These gold mining activities represent the majority of gold extraction globally. producing countries, over 60% are low or lower-middle income countries with substantial socio-economic development ...Web

The advantage of the blower is that it is inexpensive; the disadvantage is that ... small-scale gold-mining communities Londoni and Itumbi in Tanzania. The tests were carried out by a small-scaleWeb

The small-scale and artisanal mining sector has of late become one of the pillars of the economy of Zimbabwe contributing significantly to national exports. ... an upper-middle-income earner by 2030 and the mining sector achieving a USD 12 billion industry by 2023 with the gold small scale mining sector contributing up to 12 percent of total ...Web

The most common commodity mined via small-scale methods is gold while all other metals and non-metals are mined via large-scale means. Citing Philippine example, large-scale mining operations occupy an area of about 5 square kilometers (sqkm) covering the actual extraction site. The entire mine complex (i.e., admin buildings, processing …Web

by small-scale gold miners, and provide official marketing channels for gold produced by small-scale miners. These measures led to significant investment and activities in the mining sector and a substantial increase in the production of gold in the country, with marginal increase in manganese and bauxite production and shipment.Web

Small-scale gold mining A Small-scale mining operation near Harare. Artisanal and Small-scale miners currently operating in Zimbabwe are estimated to range from 500 000 to 1 500 000 people. …Web

In China, gold production from small-scale mining is currently worth about US$200 million a year; in Bolivia and Brazil about US$180 million (much less than in the heydays of the garimpeiros (gold prospectors) in the late 1980s); US$140 million in Indonesia and about US$250 million in Peru.Web

Indeed the fight against illegal/small scale mining should be everybody's business, a shared responsibility because until something drastic is done about galamsey now the environmental future of this country is bleak, very bleak. We cannot continue to leave the fight against illegal mining in the hands of the military and police, they will fail us.Web

The political and economic ramifications of this small concentration of power could be quite significant because, as Canterbury (Citation 2014) correctly points out: 'The small and medium-scale miners are becoming a powerful force in Guyana in the light of the fact that in the absence of any large-scale gold mining operation, the industry was ...Web

Illegal small-scale gold mining has adverse impacts on fishing and livelihoods. Ghana's fishing industry, a vital source of income for many coastal communities, is gravely affected by galamsey.Web

ASM has operated for centuries as a small unorganized and informal activity. For example, Allchin discusses small- and large-scale gold mining that operated in India from 100 BCE to 300 CE. Similarly, …Web

Mercury is commonly used in small-scale gold mining to separate gold from other minerals due to its ability to bind to gold and form amalgam. Small-scale gold mining releases large amounts of mercury to the environment and is estimated to contribute approximately 37% of mercury emissions on a global scale.1 Mercury emissions have …Web

About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to geogenic and anthropogenic potentially toxic elements (PTEs). Despite the hazards and risks posed by ASGM being well characterized, coordinated multidisciplinary environmental …Web