Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is acknowledged to provide incomes tens of millions individuals around the world, yet systematic data on miners' earnings are lacking. We developed a sampling method survey tools suited for collection applied it stratified random sample 453 miners in largest town Congo's South Kivu province. Our research design allows us study how much artisanal gold earn,...

Artisanal mining is an activity that can have a high economic impact and subsistence for artisanal miners. When colliding with the formal order, it prone to disagreement between its social actors, represented by triad: State, Mining Company This research work addresses conflict Compania Minera Poderosa miners of Pataz, after events occurred in 2013. The hypothesis Commercialization Protocol ben...

The Agusan River basin of eastern Mindanao, the Philippines, hosts several centres of artisanal gold mining, the most important of which, Diwalwal, is a significant gold producer in global terms. An investigation of the environmental impacts of artisanal mining in the Agusan system, with particular reference to mercury contamination, was initiated in 1995 following reports of several incidents ...

Introduction: Unsustainable natural resources utilization is on the increase in the developing countries thus the ability of many local communities to meet their basic needs including food, water and shelter is jeopardized. Uncontrolled gold-mining in Sikasso region is one such an anthropogenic activity that is of great environmental concern to the local and national governments of Mali owing t...

Artisanal goldminers in Ghana are exposed to various levels and forms of health, safety environmental threats. Without the required legislation regulations, artisanal miners responsible for their own health at work. Consequently, understanding probabilities self-protection work by is crucial. A cross-sectional survey 500 was conducted examine personal protective equipment use among Ghana. The d...

The uncontrolled spread of illegal artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASM), popularly termed “galamsey” in Ghana, has, for decades, impacted adversely upon water bodies, soils, wildlife, human health, and safety. A lack of understanding, however, of the types of galamsey, their operational attributes, and their relative impacts has unfortunately hindered an effective policy response despite num...

The paper examines the environmental impact of artisanal mining of gold with mercury (Hg) in Ghana. In spite of its positive socioeconomic contributions, it is well known that artisanal mining of gold contributes in no small measure to land degradation, loss of biodiversity and natural resources, deforestation, water pollution, etc. In Ghana, these environmental problems remain poorly studied. ...