Zambia buys artisanal gold to formalize unregulated …
Zambia's mining investment arm ZCCM-IH has started buying gold from artisanal and small-scale miners in a bid to formalize the unregulated sector whose ranks have swelled worldwide as gold ...
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Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Artisanal and Small-Scale …
Artisanal and small-scale miners work in diverse mineral supply chains - ranging from well-known minerals and metals such as gold, cobalt, copper, and semiprecious and precious gemstones …
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Challenges to the Rights of Children in Zimbabwe's Artisanal …
resource that catalyses the process of artisanal and small-scale mining.1 According to Gutu,2 about half a million people or more are directly employed in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. ASM is a significant source of livelihood for a substantial portion of the Zimbabwean population. Conse-
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Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Africa: Opportunities and
A variety of initiatives and resources exist which aim to support better practices in ASM mining. The Communities and Small-scale Mining (CASM) is a World Bank-led initiative that has focused on developing strategies to mitigate the environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM,) developing training materials to preserve the ...
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New Partnership for the Growth of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
Our Shared Goals. Through this collaboration, we aim to: Boost local industrialization in Colombia through the manufacturing of specialized mining equipment.. Improve working conditions and productivity in artisanal and small-scale mining.. Reduce environmental impact by promoting cleaner and more efficient technologies.. Enhance safety and well-being …
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World Bank's New Framework to Boost Sustainable and Inclusive Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
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ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING (ASM)
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2020 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …
The 2020 Report builds on the 2019 State of the ASM Sector Report to close the 'global data gap' facing the artisanal and small-scale mining sector. Collectively, ASM makes up the world's largest mining workforces, employing an estimated …
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World Bank Unveils New Plan To Enhance Small-Scale Mining
WASHINGTON, Sep. 19, 2024-The World Bank today unveiled a bold new vision to unlock the full potential of Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) to drive economic growth, boost development, and reduce poverty in developing countries.
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Formalizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining for …
Taking a human rights-based approach to formalization, which focuses on the rights and duties of both mining actors and the government in a bottom-up, participatory process, can help to address the root causes of the …
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Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has played an increasingly active role in national development and international trade over the decades. As of 2024, those engaged . Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) : A Renewed Framework for World Bank Engagement
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Economic Contributions of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …
Economic Contributions of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining in Uganda: Gold and Clay January 2018 This document is an output from a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) through the Research for Evidence Division (RED) for the benefit of developing countries. However, the views expressed and information
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Unlocking shared value for our global energy transition: 3 proven
Our global energy transition is driving a surge in both large-scale (LSM) and artisanal and small-scale mining to meet the soaring demand for critical materials like lithium, cobalt, copper and ...
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2023 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector
The 2023 state of the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector focuses on the intersection of ASM and sustainable development goal 5 (SDG 5) - achieve gender .
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'Formalization bubbles': A blueprint for sustainable artisanal and
It remains unclear how deliberately stifling the formalization of ASM, from charging exorbitant licensing fees through to recategorizing activities in ways that impede mechanization, contributes in any way to the AMV's Cluster 4: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (which outlines ways for Boosting Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining). In sub-Saharan ...
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Boosting Zambia's Mining Revenue Through Tax Audits, Transfer …
Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining; Critical Minerals; Environmental and Social Impact Assessments; ... Boosting Zambia's Mining Revenue Through Tax Audits, Transfer Pricing Legislation and License Valuation. January 20, 2025 ... one mining licence was found to be undervalued by nearly 55%, which could have led to massive tax losses. The ZRA ...
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The 'Zambia Model': A blueprint for formalizing artisanal and small
It responds specifically to calls for Boosting Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, 1 a core pillar of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV), a development manifesto branded as 'Africa's own response to tackling the paradox of great mineral wealth existing side by side with pervasive poverty', 2 adopted in 2009 by African heads of state. The analysis ...
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining governance and cross …
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) involves low-tech, labour-intensive mineral processing and extraction. ASM is an essential way of life for about 45 million people around the world (World Bank, 2020) and makes an important contribution to economic development in many developing countries.In Ghana, Malawi, and Peru, ASM supports foreign exchange, …
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in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (ASM)
Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) encompasses a wide range of practices, from highly informal and low mechanized mining operations with predominantly manual work up to formal practices carried out by small but high-tech industrial mining operations. It occurs among economically weak populations and in many cases the operations take place ...
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Formalising artisanal and small miners in Tanzania
The 1929 colonial legislation was later replaced by the first post-independence socialist-inspired Mining Act of 1979. The 1979 Act allowed artisanal mining and encouraged formalization of the sector leading to the adoption of the Small-Scale Mining Policy Paper of 1983, which encouraged small-scale miners to supplement their incomes by venturing in mining …
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World Bank's New Framework to Boost Sustainable and Inclusive …
WASHINGTON, Sep. 19, 2024 —The World Bank today unveiled a bold new vision to unlock the full potential of Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) to drive economic growth, boost development, and reduce poverty in developing countries.
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Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive ASM: A …
Despite decades-long efforts to improve artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), the sector still faces significant legal, safety, and efficiency challenges, endangering millions of workers in the mines and across the value chain.
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Boosting Artisanal and Small-scale Mining
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), which is prevalent in Africa, exploits a wide range of miner-als. It sustains (often poor) livelihoods and makes significant contributions to national …
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Artisanal and small-scale mining and the Sustainable …
Promoting what is potentially an untenable extractive industries-led development strategy, however, is by no means the biggest problem with the Atlas.It is rather its curious decision to avoid any discussion on the importance of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) – low-tech, labor-intensive mineral extraction and processing carried out mostly by local people …
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Modernizing Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining
A pivotal distinction emerges between artisanal mining and small-scale mining, encapsulating a spectrum of operational scales, methodologies, and overarching objectives.
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PRACTICES FOR SUPPORTING ARTISANAL SMALL …
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. evengelista mudzonga (ZeParu …
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Belgium and World Bank Launch New Fund to Boost Sustainable …
The World Bank and Belgium today launched a new regional partnership, The EGPS ASM Sahel Associated Trust Fund (EGPS ASM Sahel), to boost efforts to responsibly manage artisanal …
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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Zambia: A …
the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector in Zambia with emphasis on size, production, marketing, value-addition, regulation and government support. The main methodological approach consisted of ... participate in the mining sector value chain and to boost export revenue. 6. World Bank, 2020. 7. ibid. GSJ: Volume 11, Issue 6, June 2023 ...
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The status of artisanal and small-scale mining sector in South
SYNOPSIS. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in South Africa received official recognition after the change in government in 1994.The Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) recognized the sector as a vehicle for social and economic development for historically disadvantaged South Africans (HDSAs) who had previously been excluded from participating …
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The importance of artisanal and small-scale mining for rural …
While an increase in artisanal diamond mining has been a means of employment and income-generation for small-scale miners, there are some human development challenges, related to social conflict, environmental burdens from land degradation, and adverse health effects (Yelpaala and Ali 2005).Among other issues, environmental degradation, crime, drug use, …
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