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This practice is known as Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (ASGM) and makes up a major livelihood source in much of Africa, Latin America, and parts of Asia – as of 2020, an estimated
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This project focuses on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of minerals and gemstones globally and the illegal mining and transport of these natural resources. Project …
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In January 2024, over 1,000 miners emerged from abandoned shafts in Stilfontein, South Africa, after being starved out by police in Operation Vala Umgodi. This brutal operation …
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Many rumours circulated about 'the curse of gold,' a relatively widespread phenomenon where informal mineral extraction is concerned (see Biersack 1999; High 2013; Shipton 1989), related …
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Illegal Gold Mining THE SCALE OF THE PROBLEM Illegal gold production is rampant in Latin America. In several countries, unregulated illegal and informal mines account for over 75 …
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Artisanal gold mining, 90% of it illegal or informal, accounts for at least half of the economy in the sparsely populated region of Madre de Dios, and sustains around 50,000 miners, according to a ...
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gold mining results in more direct but ambivalent evaluations of resources, specifically concerning nonhuman animacy and related notions of morality, as well as the promise of fortune.
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The earnings from Illegally extracted gold in Peru have soared to record levels, fueling criminal organizations while the country debates whether to extend its mining …
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Informal artisanal and small-scale mining (ASGM) activities continue to have far-reaching consequences on the environment (Adetunde et al., 2014; Macdonald et al., 2015; …
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As gold prices have soared in the past five years, informal mining — another form of small-scale mining, which uses old-fashioned practices dating back to the 19 th century — has …
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Colombia is one of the largest producers of gold in Latin America and it has recently increased its production, especially in the Departments of Antioquia, Chocó, Bolívar and Córdoba, which in 2014 produced 90% of Colombia's gold. …
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In 2021, the AGC undertook a study on the impacts of COVID-19 on the ASGM sector in Sierra Leone. This report highlights the results, focusing on impacts to miners' livelihoods, gender …
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Peru is the largest gold producer in Latin America and sixth largest in the world. Large corporate mining companies, many of them transnational, produce most of the gold in Peru. Illegal and …
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The gold-mining sector plays a vital role in the economies of all involved countries through formal mining, benefitting thousands of low-income people engaged in informal and …
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Lundin Gold is a Canadian company that owns the Fruta del Norte mining project, one of the first large-scale mining projects in Ecuador, which commenced commercial …
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The author synthesizes public perceptions of the thousands of Chinese 'gold seekers' now found in Ghana's informal artisanal mining sector, claiming that these individuals 'have …
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According to the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF, 2018), 20% of the world's gold is produced by the artisanal …
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The informal mining extraction also creates an economic burden to South Africa as a whole, he added, explaining the nation does not receive the royalties that official mining …
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In 2018, the presence of gold attracted the first mining operations, both informal and those conducted by Chinese transnational companies. The suspicion that the entire area …
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Reuters | January 16, 2020 | 10:19 am Education Africa Latin America Gold . Small-scale mining in Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador, December 2007. Credit: Knut ... Informal mines often collapse. …
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Illegal gold production is rampant in Latin America. In several countries, unregulated illegal and informal mines account for over 75 percent of gold produced.
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mining). In fact, illegal and informal mining together represent 86% of mining operations in Colombia [14] . In Colombia, there are two main methods of extracting gold; one is through …
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Case studies: Gold mining's impact across Africa. ... Efforts by the Ghanaian government to regulate these operations have met with limited success, as informal mining …
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) practices are widespread and persistent across Latin America. Driven by the global demand for gold, these activities contribute to negative …
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Artisanal miners are responsible for mining many commodities ranging from high value gemstones and metals, such as diamonds and gold, to critical minerals such as tantalum …
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The Esperanca IV informal gold mining camp, near the Menkragnoti Indigenous territory, in Para state, Brazil, on Aug. 28, 2019. ... Latin America holds nearly half of the …
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Informal gold miners often do not wear protective clothing (e.g. hardhats) or know correct methods for digging tunnels and using explosives. ... ILO, 2002). IPEC: Program to prevent and …
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comes from informal operations. Gold mining is essential toEcuador's economy, while in Peru gold is the second most important metal resource after copper, with most production coming from …
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(DOI: 10.17533/UDEA.REDIN.N79A16) Colombia is one of the largest producers of gold in Latin America and it has recently increased its production, especially in the …
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the informal gold mining in Colombia ABSTRACT: Colombia is one of the largest producers of gold in Latin America and it has recently increased its production, especially in the …
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Informal mining and illegal gold exports have existed for decades in Ecuador. These operations traditionally involved either small-scale miners using artisanal methods without permission, illegal mining networks using mercury …
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Under these circumstances, direct involvement in illegal mining of gold or extortion of informal mining activities has been a weighty source of funding for FARC in the past. ...
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Despite specific issues related to its localization in South America and in its bordering countries (e.g. illegal immigration and informal gold mining), French Guiana, as a …
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