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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

 

•General
•Country Studies
•Labour, Health and Safety
•Mercury
•Workshops and Seminars


 

General

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (PDF) - Chapter 13, Final Report, Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project, 2002.

Global Report on Small-Scale Mining (PDF) - Thomas Hentschel, Felix Hruschka, and Michael Priester, Projekt Consult. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Small-scale Mining and Sustainable Development in Southern Africa - Final Report (Word) - MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Terms of Reference for Research Topic 1: Small-scale Mining (Word) - MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Summary of Recommendations for Stakeholder Contribution to Sustainable Development (Word) -MMSD Southern Africa Regional Group Final Report.

Towards Building Sustainable Livelihoods in 'Artisanal Mining' Communities (PDF) - Beatrice Labonne (UN DESA) and Jonathan Gilman (UNDP), Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in Small-scale mines, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, 17-21 May 1999.

 

Labour, Health and Safety

Child labour in small-scale mining: Examples from Niger, Peru & Philippines - Ed. Norman S. Jennings, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.78/WP.137, Geneva 1999. The document is only available online: [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/childmin/]

Note on the proceedings: Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in Small-Scale Mines - International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva, 1999.

Safety and Health in Small-Scale Surface Mines: A Handbook / Guide sur la sécurité et hygiène dans les petites mines à ciel ouvert / Seguridad y salud en minas de superficie
de pequeña escala: Manual
(English PDF | French PDF | Spanish PDF) - Manfred Walle and Norman Jennings with illustrations by Rita Walle, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, WP.168, International Labour Organization (ILO), 2001.

 

 

Small-scale gold mining: Examples from Bolivia, Philippines & Zimbabwe - Ed. Norman S. Jennings, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.76/WP.130, Geneva 1999. The document is only available online: [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/goldmine/]

Social and Labour Issues in Small-Scale Mines - Report for the Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in Small-scale Mines, International Labour Organization (ILO), Geneva 17-22 May, 1999.

 

Country Studies

Artisanal Mining in the People's Republic of China (PDF) - A.J. Gunson and Yue Jian. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Child labour in small-scale mining: Examples from Niger, Peru & Philippines - Ed. Norman S. Jennings, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.78/WP.137, Geneva 1999. The document is only available online: [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/childmin/]

A Contextual Review of the Ghanaian Small-scale Mining Industry - Gavin Hilson, Imperial College. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Country Case Study on Artisanal and Small-scale Mining: Philippines (PDF) - Edmund Bugnosen. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Country Paper on Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in India (PDF) - S.L. Chakravorty. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Country Study Report on Small-scale Mining in Papua New Guinea (PDF) - Blasius Susapu, Geoff Crispin. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

An Environmental Study of Artisanal, Small and Medium Mining in Bolivia, Chile, and Peru (PDF) - Alberto Pasco-Font, Gary McMahon, Jose Luis Evia, and Jose Migue Sanchez, The World Bank Group, 1999.

Estudio Regional/Nacional Sobre Pegueña Mineria y Artesanal del Proyecto MMSD (Bolivia) / Small-scale Mining in Bolivia: National Study Mining Minerals and Sustainable Development (Español PDF | English PDF) - Danilo Bocangel. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Etude sur les Mines Artisanales et les Exploitations Minieres a petite Echelle au Burkina Faso / Small-Scale Mining in Burkina Faso (Français PDF | English PDF) - Djibril Gueye. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Etude sur les Mines Artisanales et les Exploitations Minieres a petite Echelle au Mali / Study on Artisanal Mines and the Exploitation of Small-scale miners in Mali (Français PDF | English PDF) - Seydou Keita. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

La Minería Artesanal e Informal en el Perú / Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Peru (Español PDF | English PDF) - Juana R. Kuramoto, Grupo de Análisis para El Desarrollo (GRADE). Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

La Pequeña Minería en El Ecuador / Small-scale mining in Ecuador (Español PDF | English PDF)- Fabián Sandoval and Rolando Moya, Fundacion Ambiente y Sociedad-Ecuador. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Projeto Banco de Informações Documentais Sobre Pequena Mineração e Mineração Artesanal (Brasil) / Project Database: Documentation of Information about Small and Artisanal Mining (Brazil) (PDF) - CETEM. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Small-scale gold mining: Examples from Bolivia, Philippines & Zimbabwe - Ed. Norman S. Jennings, Sectoral Activities Programme Working Paper, SAP 2.76/WP.130, Geneva 1999. The document is only available online: [http://www.ilo.org/public/english/dialogue/sector/papers/goldmine/]

Small-scale Mining and Sustainable Development within the SADC Region (PDF) - Bernd Drechsler (ed.), ITDG/Santren. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

Small-scale Mining in Indonesia (PDF) - Clive Aspinall. Prepared for the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) Project.

 

Workshops and Seminars

MMSD and Small-Scale Mining in South America (PDF) - 24 January 2001, Santiago, Chile. MMSD Workshop report.

Regularizing Informal Mining A Summary of the Proceedings of the International Roundtable on Artisanal Mining - Washington, D.C. May 17–19, 1995. Industry and Energy Department, The World Bank Group, Occasional Paper No. 6, Mamadou Barry, editor, April 1996.

Table of Contents (PDF)
Introduction (PDF)
Opening Remarks (PDF)
Keynote Address (PDF)
First Session: Environmental, health and Safety Issues (PDF)
Second Session: Organizational, Social and Women's Participation Issues (PDF)
Third Session: Technical and Financial Issues (PDF)
Fourth Session: Legal and Regulatory Issues (PDF)
Elements of a Solution (PDF)
Agenda for Action (PDF)
Conclusions (PDF)
Annex: List of Participants (PDF)

Report of the Workshop on Artisanal and Small Scale Mining (PDF) - 19-20 November 2001, London, UK. MMSD Workshop report.

Yaoundé Vision Statement (Word) - Recommendations of the UNECA and UNDESA seminar on "Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in Africa: Identifying Best Practices and Building the Sustainable Livelihoods of Communities", Yaoundé, Cameroon, 19-22 November 2002.

 

Mercury

Artisanal Gold Mining without Mercury Pollution (PDF) - UNIDO.

Global Mercury Assessment (PDF) - UNEP Chemicals, Geneva, Switzerland, December 2002.

Introducing New Technologies for Abatement of Global Mercury Pollution in Latin America (PDF) - UNIDO.

Mercury as a health hazard due to gold mining and mineral processing activities in Mindanao/Philippines - Final report (PDF) - UNIDO.

Project brief on project - Removal of Barriers to the Introduction of Cleaner Artisanal Gold Mining and Extraction Technologies (PDF) - UNIDO.

Project Document on Removal of Barriers to the Abatement of Global Mercury Pollution from Artisanal Gold Mining (PDF) - UNIDO.

Project document - Assistance in Assessing and Reducing Mercury Pollution Emanating from Artisanal Gold Mining in Ghana - Phase I (PDF) - UNIDO.

Project document - Assistance in Reducing Mercury Emissions in Highly Contaminated Gold Mining Areas in Mindanao - Phase I (PDF) - UNIDO.

US/GHA/99/128 - Assistance in Assessing and Reducing Mercury Pollution Emanating from Artisanal Gold Mining in Ghana - Phase I - (Part 1 (PDF) and Part 2 (PDF) ) - UNIDO.

 

 

 

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