Small Scale Mining in the Philippines: Towards Genuine …

4. 4 B. Economic significance of small-scale mining Small-scale mining has proven itself as a significant contributor to the country's economy, in terms of the monetary values and in terms of the livelihood it creates. From 1998-2002, especially with the decline of large-scale mineral production, both in metallic and non-metallic, the small-scale sector has somehow …

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Maturing the concept of small-scale mining (SSM) in …

2. Scales of mining Concept evaluation involves exploring boundaries between similar concepts, as noted by Morse (2017). To comprehensively understand SSM concept, our review necessitates delving into the current literature on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), small-scale mining (SSM), and large-scale mining (LSM).

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Artisanal and Small-scale Mining

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), which refers to mining with minimal or no mechanization often in the informal sector, has increasingly captured the interest of governments, international organizations, and private corporations because of its growing role in national economies and its impacts on society and the environment. The artisanal mining sector also …

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Small Scale Mining

Small-scale mining by the artisanal and small-scale mining sector (ASM) has expanded rapidly in Ghana. More than 60% of the total mining labor force is in this sector. The ASM in 2014 produced about 34% of exported gold (compared to 9% in 2000) making it a major sector of the Ghanaian economy and an important source of livelihood and income for ...

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Maturing the concept of small-scale mining (SSM) in the …

An empirical study of the placer gold mining industry in Yukon, Canada reveals how small-scale mining relates to large-scale and artisanal-scale mining, historically in the Global North and in the contemporary global context. This work significantly matures the concept of small-scale mining (SSM), despite its conflation with neighbouring concept ASM. Archival and ethnographic data …

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Maturing the concept of small-scale mining (SSM) in the …

This work significantly matures the concept of small-scale mining (SSM), despite its conflation with neighbouring concept ASM. Archival and ethnographic data gathered from the industry, community, and government informants (2021 and 2022) was interpreted using Concept Evaluation Criteria, which looks at definitions, characteristics, boundaries ...

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A practical approach for the management of resources and …

This is done by introducing the concepts of "minimal reserve to be proved" and "replication". The paper proposes a practical methodology for the evaluation of the minimal reserve to be proved, based on mining and processing CAPEX and OPEX. ... (2012) also indicate that "small-scale mining meets both the rapid customization with the ...

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Concept Note Mining Sector Review: D R Congo …

Role of the Artisanal and Small Scale Miners. There are an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000+ persons who earn a livelihood in artisanal and/or small scale mining in DRC. With dependents there could be as many as 3-5 million people who depend on this sector. The artisans mine principally gold, diamonds, coltan, and heterogenite (cobalt ore).

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Small Scale Mining

Small Scale Mining Training Centre (SSMTC) is Papua New Guinea's only institution that offers skills training for the small scale miners. The Institution was established in 2009 through the Mining Support Sector Program sponsored and managed by the European Union until it was handed over to the Mineral Resources Authority in 2010.

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SMALL SCALE MINING IN GHANA

SSM of gold in Ghana is a pre historic activity which can be traced to the 5th Century Discouraged in the colonial era, till 1989 This led to Secret Activities and Smuggling of Proceeds outside the country In 1989 –SSM Activities were mainstreamed through promulgation of the Small Scale Gold Mining Law, PNDCL 218 (1989) In 2006, SSM regime was integrated into the new …

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Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

of artisanal mining, is often ignored. A team of researchers is exploring women's livelihoods in the artisanal and small-scale mining of 3Ts (tin, and socially benefit from working in tantalum, tungsten), and gold within the Democratic Republic of Congo, needs and providing them Rwanda, and Uganda.

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Small-scale mining policies in Ghana: Miners

Searching for, and extraction of minerals in Ghana has been an ancient activity. Undoubtedly, Ghana has a long history of small-scale mining of precious minerals, particularly gold and diamond which dates to pre-colonial times (Aryee et al., 2003).According to the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) (2017), gold was mined several years …

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

directly engaged in small-scale mining, a significant proportion of whom are women and children. A further 80 to 100 million people across the developing world could depend on small-scale mining for some aspects of their livelihoods. Small-scale mining can be extremely environmentally damaging and often

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Artisanal and small-scale mining in Ethiopia

of mining licenses? The stipulation that the artisanal licence cannot be renewed after the two years' required duration is problematic. Due to a number of constraints, most of the artisanal mining license holders cannot fully meet the requirements for a special small-scale mining license and will be left unemployed.

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Small-scale Mining, the SDGs and Human Insecurity in Ghana

This chapter discusses small-scale mining in Ghana in the context of two intergovernmental development indicators—the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals 2030 (SDGs) and the African Union 's Agenda 2063 (AU2063). ... The human security concept has been criticised for being too elastic—capable of being stretched to cover ...

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Small-scale mining and its socio-economic impact in …

the purposes of the discussion, sustainable (small-scale) mining is recognized as activity in the sector that is con-tinuously making improvements in social, economic and environmental areas. 2. Global overview of small-scale mining 2.1. Small-scale mining defined A number of attempts have been made to define 'small-

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Answering critical questions on small-scale mining in …

carry out small-scale mining activities are barely capable to comply with the requirements imposed to be duly licensed. Small-scale mining players need to be dissected further and the corresponding rules and regulations revised to reflect their scales, needs, and capacities. The agencies involved in small-scale mining in the

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