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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria

Unlike countries such as Ghana and Burkina Faso, Nigeria does not have a well-developed large-scale mining sector, and the majority of gold mining in the country is carried out by artisanal and small-scale miners. Artisanal mining activities in Nigeria are almost by definition informal – that is, operating outside current laws and regulations.

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Waste Rehabilitation With Energy Crops and Native Flora—A Case Study From Nigeria. Aliyu A. Warra, Majeti N.V. Prasad, in Bio-Geotechnologies for Mine Site Rehabilitation, 2018 26.2 Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Activities in Nigeria. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is one of the most important …

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Waste Rehabilitation With Energy

Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Activities in Nigeria. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is one of the most important economic activity in many of the sub-Saharan Africa rural communities (Hein and Funyufunyu, 2014). Widespread artisanal, alongside small-scale mining operations are currently increasing in intensity in Nigeria.

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Opportunity and Side Effects of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Nigeria

One of the main challenges facing ASM in Nigeria is the informal and unregulated nature of the sector. According to estimates, over 1000 children work in artisanal and small-scale gold mines in Nigeria, and many workers lack adequate protective equipment or training.

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The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) has conducted public health and institutional assessments on ASGM, noted key findings and recommendations, staged a discourse with stakeholders and selected key priorities for implementation. A number of recommendations at different levels of intervention, i.e. individual, community and institutional …

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Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM), as a largely informal poverty-driven activity, can be environmentally damaging often posing serious health and safety consequences for workers and surrounding communities, with little economic …

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Artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria: Experiences from …

Profile of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in Nigeria Historical and archeological records show that solid mineral extraction has occurred in Nigeria for over 2400 …

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World emissions of mercury from artisanal and small …

intervention efforts, a 50to 60% reduction in mercury use in ASGM could be achieved on a time scale of 10 years. This is reasonable particularly because the first two approaches have been effectively demonstrated to be profitable to artisanal miners and small scale gold merchants – …

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Global Report on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

manual and on a very small scale, and 'small-scale mining' that is more mechanised and on a larger scale. In some West African countries (Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso), small-scale mining is differentiated from artisanal mining by the presence of permanent, fixed installations established once the existence of an ore body is confirmed.

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Evaluation of Stakeholders' Roles in the Management of Artisanal …

Azubike, O. C. (2011), "Use of Mercury in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria", Regional . Multi-stakeholders' Workshop: Anglophone West Africa Sub-regional Action Planning on Mercury Use in Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining, United Nations Environment Programme, Abuja, Nigeria. Babalola, Y. A.

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Comparative Analysis of Economic and Profitability of …

While Nigeria currently lacks large-scale gold mining activities, there exists a presence of small-scale gold mining conducted by artisans. This activity is characterized by a non-formal, unstructured, unplanned, and unmanaged approach. ... Artisanal and small-scale mining of solid mineral resources is one important livelihood activity

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2020 State of the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Sector

The 2020 State of the ASM Sector Report builds on the analysis from the 2019 Report to close further data gaps in the ASM sector. The 2020 Report uses the Sustainable Development Goal 8 (SDG8): "promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all" as the framework for analyzing ASM's …

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Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale …

DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119689 Corpus ID: 212891681; Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso @article{Knoblauch2020PotentialHE, title={Potential health effects of cyanide use in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Burkina Faso}, author={Astrid M. Knoblauch and Andrea …

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Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Northern Nigeria is currently dominated by massive informal and chaotic activities. Its improper management has resulted in dire environmental ...

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Manual for Training Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …

GMP - Manual for Training Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Miners 3 Our job as trainers is to provide appropriate information, time for skills practice, time to listen to individual and community concerns, time to consider obstructions to success. Community change evolves from community planning

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria

Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria: Recommendations to Address Mercury and Lead Exposure Executive Summary In 2010, a major lead poisoning outbreak in Zamfara …

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria: …

This assessment examines the legal and policy challenges underpinning the informal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Nigeria. The assessment presents legal, …

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Financing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining for Sustainable …

Nigeria is via artisanal and small-scale mining, which accounts for about 0.5% of the country‟s GDP. In Central African Republic (CAR), rough diam onds

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The existing financial sources for artisanal and small-scale …

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is an important source of livelihood for millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), though it is small in its contribution to the total mineral production but employs a larger number of people in rural communities than large-scale mining activities do (Hilson and McQuilken 2014).It is reported that over 25 million people in …

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Silica Exposures in Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining in …

Although the hazards associated with mercury exposure in artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) have been well documented, no published data was available on crystalline silica exposures in this population. ... Over 90% of barite mining activities in Nigeria are carried out by artisanal and small-scale miners (ASMs), and up to 75% of these ...

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Improving Access to Formal Finance in Artisanal and …

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a significant source of livelihood for millions worldwide, from individual panners and their families to more mechanized operations. Typically an informal activity, ASGM is the chief source of income for many rural, low-income communities

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Evaluation of Stakeholders' Roles in the Management of …

Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) in Nigeria involves informal and labour-intensive gold mining activities with limited capital, involving unskilled workforce of ten or more persons ...

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Artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria: Experiences …

DOI: 10.1016/J.EXIS.2015.08.009 Corpus ID: 166543447; Artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria: Experiences from Niger, Nasarawa and Plateau states @article{Oramah2015ArtisanalAS, title={Artisanal and small-scale mining in Nigeria: Experiences from Niger, Nasarawa and Plateau states}, author={Ikenna Theodore Oramah …

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Occupational Health Programs for Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …

Insufficient attention has been afforded to rigorously evaluating intervention programs to reduce the risks, especially in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM).Objectives: This systematic review, conducted as part of the World Health Organization's Global Plan of Action for Workers' Health, sought to assess the state of knowledge on ...

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria: Recommendations to address mercury and lead exposure. Prepared by the Environmental Law Institute. ... Nigeria Last Updated May 22, 2024. Publisher. Environmental Law Institute. License. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. Share. Facebook Twitter Log In ...

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Declining blood lead levels among small-scale miners

Objectives: Our objective was to monitor blood lead levels (BLLs) of miners and ore processors participating in a pilot programme to reduce lead poisoning and take-home exposures from artisanal small-scale gold mining. A medical surveillance programme was established to assess exposures as new methods aimed at reducing lead exposures from ore were introduced in a …

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Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold mining: A grand …

Over the past three decades, the global appetite for gold has continued to grow, driven by increased consumer demand from Asia and soaring investor demand following spiking gold prices. 6 Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is prevalent in at least 64 countries (Figure 1).The estimated number of ASGM miners increased from ∼16 million in …

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Does the use of cocoa farmlands for artisanal small-scale gold …

Artisanal small-scale gold mining, agriculture and food security The use of agricultural lands for ASGM, and its associated food security implications are attracting policy attention (Mantey et al., 2016; Mabey et al., 2020; Wegenast et al., 2020).

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Health and Safety Risk Mitigation among Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold …

1. Introduction. Mining is a hazardous occupation, accounting for 1% of the global workforce and 8% of fatal occupational accidents, with more people employed in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) than large-scale mining (LSM) [].In Zimbabwe, the zero-harm policy [] targets the formal sector, which includes LSM and excludes the informal sector, e.g., ASM.

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