Este estudio ofrece la primera estimación cuantitativa de la influencia que ejercen la hidrodinámica y los sedimentos en el transporte de mercurio en un río amazónico para un tramo de más de 200 km, afectado por actividades de minería aurífera aluvial.
Samuel Kofi Mensah; Ebenezer Kwadwo Siabi; Peter Donkor; and Napoleon Kurantin
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The purpose of the research was to look into the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) practices in Ghana’s ASGM sector, with a focus on ‘Ntotroso’, and uncover the flaws bringing awareness to regulators and other important stakeholders.
The International Peace Information Service (IPIS) has undertaken an unprecedented mobile data collection campaign, mapping 450 artisanal and small-scale mining and processing sites in northwest Tanzania.
Half of the workers in the Congolese artisanal pits are women, and for years they have faced inequality and sexual harassment. Now a grassroots movement aims to change that.
The planetGOLD Mongolia project introduced the new systems that are designed as 100% gravimetric technology without using any chemicals in Mongolia's ASGM sector.
The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development
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This report addresses the interconnectedness of gender equality and mine closure by reviewing current issues and practices in both mine closure and gender equality—and, importantly, where they intersect—and provides policy recommendations for governments to ensure that gender considerations are integrated into all aspects of mine closure
The Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) sector typically consists of small groups or individuals extracting gold with semi-mechanized and low-tech methods. Mining sites tend to have poor occupational safety standards and practices exposing miners to various occupational health hazards. Chemical risks include the exposure to toxic substances such as mercury, cyanide and silica dust. Other occupational health risks include painful disorders of the muscles and skeleton (e.g. from heavy lifting), physical trauma (e.g., from slipping, falling, landslides) or exposure to noise, heat and humidity. Furthermore, poor living conditions in
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