— A new World Bank and Pact report finds that better working conditions can improve productivity, health, and safety for the over 44 million artisanal miners across 80 countries. The report outlines solutions to improve occupational health and safety, social protection, and fair labor standards for the artisanal and small-scale (ASM) sector and at …
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— The current discourse on small-scale mining in Zimbabwe has predominantly been a characterization of the current state of the sector. This paper focuses on the evolution of the sector through ...
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— PDF | Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs 14–19 million people globally. ... Percentages of ever-had injuries at work according to daily working hours reported by miners in ...
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— The Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) Mashonaland West province has called on the government to establish a mines office in Kadoma, abolish ground verification of coordinates, and create field officers to ensure the growth and development of the mining industry.. By Rudairo Mapuranga. Speaking at a stakeholders engagement meeting …
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The study sought to explore the challenges faced by small scale mine ... mining with women comprising about 50 percent of people engaged in small scale gold production in Zimbabwe (Hove & Hlongwana, 2015; Hoardley & Limpitlaw, 2004). In Zimbabwe, some rural populations depend on
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— The sector underpins the country's socio-economic growth prospects. Gold which is expected to contribute US$4 billion, a third of the anticipated US$12 billion earnings from mining by 2023, undoubtedly, is strategic to the country's development agenda. Central to the growth of gold production is Artisanal and Small-scale Mining …
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The findings could mean that the small scale miners do not have a clear position on who they really prefer to control the price of chrome ore. 7.4 Revenue Use by Small Scale Chrome Miners Taking note of the point earlier that higher chrome ore export prices influenced higher monthly production from the small scale miners before export ban, the ...
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Managerial challenges faced in a South African platinum mine relating to women employment as required by the Mining Charter. Unpublished MBA minidissertation, North-West University, Potchefstroom.
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The major motivation of undertaking the research was to proffer solutions to challenges facing small-scale miners. The survey method was used to gather data for the research. Two questionnaires were used, one to small-scale miners and the other to small-scale miners' representatives. A sample of 90 respondents was drawn for small-scale miners.
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— In 2017 around 14–19 million miners were exposed to multiple hazards in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). ASGM is characterized by basic and …
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— More than 13 million people in the South are directly engaged in small-scale mining – many of whom are women and children – with another 80 to 100 million depending on it for some aspect of ...
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— It is now commonplace in Zimbabwe to associate artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) or chikorokoza (as it is popularly known locally) with livelihoods, survival and capital accumulation (see, for example Mawowa, 2013; Mkodzongi and Spiegel, 2020; Spiegel, 2014, 2015).With declines in formal employment opportunities, …
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— An example was given in Section 3.4.3 of Zimbabwe's artisanal and small-scale miners who have the opportunity to sell to official gold buyers. ... small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in Zimbabwe can ...
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While informal mining has created employment and sustained the livelihoods of millions of people in Zimbabwe, young people operating in the sector have also suffered numerous …
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— Causal risk factors associated with equipment used by artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Kadoma and Shurugwi in Zimbabwe in 2020: (a) hazardous noise …
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96 The Zimbabwean mining sector employs in excess of 25% of those in formal employment and over 500 000 are believed to be involved in artisanal gold mining (AGM), (The Chamber of Mines of
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— Background: In 2017 around 14-19 million miners were exposed to multiple hazards in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). ASGM is characterized by basic and compromised mining methods with ...
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— Artisanal and small-scale miners produce a third of Zimbabwe's total gold output. For example, in 2019 small-scale miners delivered 17, 478 tonnes, approximately 60% of total production.
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— Artisanal and small-scale mining is characterized by excessive exposure to physical, chemical, ergonomic, psychosocial and biological hazards. There is a high burden of tuberculosis (TB), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections and silicosis among artisanal and small-scale miners (ASMs). The aim of this project report is to describe …
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— The Ministry of Mines and Mining Development through its Permanent Secretary Mr Pfungwa Kunaka has promised to address all the challenges being faced by the Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners (ASM) in Zimbabwe by actively engaging the Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF).. Rudairo Mapuranga. In his vote of thanks regards …
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— The history of gold mining and processing in Zimbabwe predates the colonial occupation by Cecil John Rhodes' British South Africa Company (BSAC) in 1890 (Kritzinger 2012a, b; Phimister 1974; Beach 1988).The BSAC was an entity put together by Rhodes in the late nineteenth century in order to expand his gold mining monopoly from the rich …
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) miners in Zimbabwe are faced with occurrences of accidents and injuries. Accidents and injuries were associated with …
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— So how easy is it to run small scale mining operations in Zimbabwe? We asked our members the challenges they face in mining operations and below we feature their responses; ZBIN Member 1:Hi in …
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— In Zimbabwe, the problem is captured by Mawowa (2013:922)'s admission that ASGM 'blurs the boundary between informal and registered small-scale miners, …
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— Many countries across the globe have come to regard artisanal mining as an important economic sector as conventional large-scale mining (Hentschel et al., 2002).In Africa, the recognition of artisanal mining is a break from the previous decades' emphasis on large-scale oil and mineral exploitation by huge mining corporations (Bryceson and …
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— A miner in Zimbabwe who participates in Pact's Zimbabwe Accountability and Artisanal Mining Program. The program works to formalize the sector, bolster safety …
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We understand the high cost involved in the daily operation of our mines due to the continuous request and purchase of cell batteries and head torches. Also the high cost of operating using a generator or fuel-driven machines. Electrifying mines will increase production and reduce the …
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It was envisioned that such a study would illuminate the dynamics of gold production, gold processing, the gold trade, and sector regulation and would provide an important perspective on challenges to, and …
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In Colombia, an estimated 70 percent of gold production comes from artisanal and small scale miners (ASGM), and the department of Antioquia is the second-largest department in ASGM in Colombia, with over 1,300 small scale gold mines identified in 2012 ().Small scale and artisanal miners face significant challenges in their livelihoods, including serious …
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— Causal risk factors associated with equipment used by artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Kadoma and Shurugwi in Zimbabwe in 2020: (a) hazardous noise exposure at a site with six stamp mills ...
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That Zimbabwe has a significant and diverse mineral resource base is not in doubt. With estimates that Zimbabwe has the second largest reserves of chrome and platinum after South Africa and potential to supply about 25% of the global diamond market, mining can play a catalytic role in Zimbabwe's economic revival, stabilization and eventual growth.
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Best Practices for suPPorting artisanal and small-scale mining in ZimBaBwe research team: dr. gibson chigumira (team leader, executive director of ZeParu) dr. antony mamuse (executive dean, faculty of mining sciences, midlands state university) mr. cornelius dube (ZeParu senior research fellow) mr. gamuchirai chiwunze (ZeParu research fellow) mrs. …
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— A miner in Zimbabwe who participates in Pact's Zimbabwe Accountability and Artisanal Mining Program. The program ... Challenges in ASM Operations..... 18 FIGURE 3. ... ASGM artisanal and small-scale gold mining ASM artisanal and …
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Mining Sector 4 Situational Report SITREP Types of disputes and conflicts recorded in the artisanal and scale mining sector Based on field research, the main actors and types of disputes or conflicts in the artisanal and small- scale mining sector in Zimbabwe's gold mining sector range from farmer and miner conflicts;
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Small scale mining is permitted in Zimbabwe unlike in other countries. ... Zimbabwe's ASM sector has faced contests that affect product volume and individual compliance to the mining and environmental laws. Artisanal miners commonly depend on inexperienced labour in their mining activities. ... Small scale chromite, gold and tantalite mining ...
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