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  • Regularising informal artisanal mining in South Africa

    Regularising informal artisanal mining in South Africa Mining MX reported on the recent awarding of mining licenses in Kimberley to thousands of ‘zamazamas’ (artisanal and illegal miners), after several years of deadlock Recognising that there is limited recognition of informal artisanal mining in South Africa, which is in often cases May 29, 2020  The call for artisanal mining in the diamond sector has been loud ever since ZCDC took over diamond mining operations in 2016 Government has been mooting this as a move to quiet down the local communities who have in past years expressed discontentment that they have remained poor despite owning one of the most valued mineral deposit in the ZCDC says no artisanal diamond mining for Zim in near This was expressed in a report, titled ‘Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An EvidenceBased Report 2019’, which was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation for Renewed call for artisanal mining in South Africa to be

  • Policy and Regulation in Artisanal Mining Communities

    Policy and Regulation in Artisanal Mining Communities: Examining Strategies, Experiences and Key Lessons Sam Spiegel University of Cambridge Presentation Objectives 1) Review key governance challenges in ASM sector What are the main challenges with regulating and Jan 30, 2020  This is according to a report, “Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa — An EvidenceBased Report 2019”, launched in Johannesburg on ThursdayFemale zama zamas 'suffer sexual abuse and discrimination This was expressed in a report, titled ‘Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An EvidenceBased Report 2019’, which was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation for Mining Weekly Renewed call for artisanal mining in South

  • Artisanal Smallscale Gold Mining, Uganda EJAtlas

    In Uganda, almost all artisanal gold is mined and exported illegally Unregulated gold mining has been leading conflicts in the mining sector, competing in land uses, smuggling of gold, child labour, human rights abuses, environmental and human health concerns and tax revenue losses (1)Oct 08, 2018  Trafigura is investing in a project that will formalise and monitor artisanal and smallscale cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the chief executive of the commodities trader said LMEWEEKTrafigura to invest in Congo artisanal cobalt mine There has been a renewed call for government to support formalising the country’s artisanal mining sector in efforts to address challenges including unemployment, as well as health and environmental challenges experienced in former and current mining areas This was expressed in a report, titled ‘Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An EvidenceBased Report 2019 Renewed call for artisanal mining in South Africa to be

  • Regularising informal artisanal mining in South Africa

    Regularising informal artisanal mining in South Africa Photographer Ilan Godfrey and the Open Society Foundation for South Africa (OSFSA) have launched a new website called 'The Platinum Belt' which investigates the human, social, environment and health costs of platinum mining in South AfricaThere has been a renewed call for government to support formalising the country’s artisanal mining sector in efforts to address challenges including unemployment, as well as health and environmental challenges experienced in former and current mining areas This was expressed in a report, titled ‘Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An EvidenceBased Report 2019 Renewed call for artisanal mining in South Africa to be Oct 08, 2018  LMEWEEKTrafigura to invest in Congo artisanal cobalt mine regularising this industry,” Weir said “I’m completely clear about the risks and other problems involved in artisanal and LMEWEEKTrafigura to invest in Congo artisanal cobalt mine

  • 'Illegal female miners pressured by police to do sexual

    Jan 30, 2020  This is according to a report, “Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa — An EvidenceBased Report 2019”, launched in Johannesburg on ThursdayThe report titled: “Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An EvidenceBased Report 2019”, comes after months of research by the University of Witwatersrand, along with MACUA(Mining Affected Communities United in Action), and Action Aid South AfricaAction Aid South Africa Posts FacebookThis was expressed in a report, titled ‘Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An EvidenceBased Report 2019’, which was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation for Renewed call for artisanal mining in South Africa to be

  • Kimberley licence award shifted the debate on 'zamazamas

    Sep 02, 2018  Regularising artisanal miners – provided that it can be done safely, in an environmentally responsible manner and without undermining the health, safety and security of others – could ensure livelihoods for thousands of exminers who had lost their jobs due to a decline in formal largescale mining in South Africa, the Minerals Council said Regularising informal mining: a summary of the proceedings of the international roundtable on artisanal mining Industry and Energy Department Occasional Paper no 6 Jan 1996Environmental management of smallscale and artisanal This article critically examines the issue of growing female participation in the artisanal and smallscale mining (ASM) sector, particularly within its illegal segment, drawing upon experiences from Birim North District in the Eastern Region of GhanaPerspectives on female participation in artisanal and

  • Call to protect artisanal miners’ rights The ManicaPost

    Artisnal miners in Penhalonga Most artisanal miners are facing challenges in regularising their operations with the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development with most paying lip service to standard occupational safety health in their mining activitiesFormalising artisanal mining can spark great benefits, say NGOs The country had been a leader in regularising smallscale mining, giving it a legal title, but also organising smallscale Formalising artisanal mining can spark great benefits, say Recognizing and nurturing artisanal mining as a viable livelihood Article in Resources Policy 34(12):2431 March 2009 with 351 Reads How we measure 'reads'Recognizing and nurturing artisanal mining as a viable

  • Recognizing and nurturing artisanal mining as a viable

    Much of the discourse and literature on artisanal and smallscale mining (ASM) in subSaharan Africa has inherently prescriptive recommendations on how the sector should develop Devaluation, misrecognition, and criminalization of artisanal, largely illegal miners hamper their participation not only in environmental and political decision REGULARISING THE MINING SECTOR ENFORCEMENT OF MINING LAWS Ministers of State Members of Parliament Heads of Agencies Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps Niimei Naamei, Nananon Suspension of artisanal and small scale mining operations Early 2017, a moratorium was put in place to suspend artisanal and smallscale mining operations REGULARISING THE MINING SECTOR ENFORCEMENT OF CNRG also calls upon the government of Zimbabwe which is a member of the Kimberley Process Working Group on Alluvial and Artisanal Diamond Production (WGAADP) to work towards earnestly regularising artisanal mining in order improve security of artisanal miners, curb leakages and control diamond productionMilitary, police terrorise villagers in Marange CNRG

  • Recognizing and nurturing artisanal mining as a viable

    Recognizing and nurturing artisanal mining as a viable livelihood Article in Resources Policy 34(12):2431 March 2009 with 351 Reads How we measure 'reads'Much of the discourse and literature on artisanal and smallscale mining (ASM) in subSaharan Africa has inherently prescriptive recommendations on how the sector should develop Devaluation, misrecognition, and criminalization of artisanal, largely illegal miners hamper their participation not only in environmental and political decision Recognizing and nurturing artisanal mining as a viable REGULARISING THE MINING SECTOR ENFORCEMENT OF MINING LAWS Ministers of State Members of Parliament Heads of Agencies Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps Niimei Naamei, Nananon Suspension of artisanal and small scale mining operations Early 2017, a moratorium was put in place to suspend artisanal and smallscale mining operations REGULARISING THE MINING SECTOR ENFORCEMENT OF

  • Military, police terrorise villagers in Marange CNRG

    CNRG also calls upon the government of Zimbabwe which is a member of the Kimberley Process Working Group on Alluvial and Artisanal Diamond Production (WGAADP) to work towards earnestly regularising artisanal mining in order improve security of artisanal miners, curb leakages and control diamond productionActionAid: Artisanal and Small Scale Mining REGULARISING INFORMAL ARTISANAL MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA: AN EVIDENCEBASED REPORT 2019 30 Jan 2020 CLICK TO VIEW Quick Contact Tel: +27 (0)83 703 5869 : Mining Dialogues 360°Recognising both the economic and social importance of artisanal mining, the government implemented the 2003 mining decree (DecreeN828/2003) which established a framework to assist with regularising this hitherto illegal activity So far, the government’s position on artisanal mining has been to give technical support to operators with a view toArtisanal gold mining and rural development policies in

  • Perspectives on female participation in artisanal and

    illegal smallscale mining as a source of environmental degradation and safety risk is assembled under several subsections, covering issues of work, income By Diana Taremwa Government has created a mining police unit to enable law and order in the mining sector and deal with disorganized artisanal miners This was confirmed by the Director of the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines, Edwards Katto, at the recently concluded Mineral Wealth Conference in Kampala Katto said the mining police's OPINION: Mining police Unit, Eviction of ASMs: Is this the This was expressed in a report, titled ‘Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa – An EvidenceBased Report 2019’, which was commissioned by the Open Society Foundation for South Africa and compiled by the University of the Witwatersrand’s School of Mining, in collaboration with nongovernmental organisation Action AidRenewed call for artisanal mining in South Africa to be

  • Mining Dialogues 360°

    ActionAid: Artisanal and Small Scale Mining REGULARISING INFORMAL ARTISANAL MINING IN SOUTH AFRICA: AN EVIDENCEBASED REPORT 2019: Research Papers: : download: Daily Maverick: ‘This chrome is our only hope’ Articles: : view: Reuters: In Kimberley, the world's diamond capital, illicit mining fight flounders: Articles This is according to a report, “Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa — An EvidenceBased Report 2019”, launched in Johannesburg on Thursday The research looked into challenges facing "zama zamas" illegal miners and the artisanal mining sectorSo Africa: Report alleges police sexually exploit Ecuador LargeScale Mining requires regularising its situation to operate legally Artisanal mining According to Art24 os the Reformative Organic Law of the mining law of 2013, are: "popular economic units, singleperson, family and domestic undertakings that perform work in free areas Which are characterised by the use of Ecuador PIM Plataforma Integral de Minería a Pequeña

  • Zimbabwe: Govt Controlled Diamond Mining in Marange

    Document On 22 January 2019 around 01 00 hours 3 uniformed members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) armed with AK 47 rifles led 49 diamond panners into Portal (A) of Zimbabwe Consolidated Mining in Tanzania South Africa; Energy and infrastructure Mining; 05122019 Tanzania, like several African and other jurisdictions, is facing significant demands from its citizens to benefit more from Tanzania’s vast mineral resources, particularly gold and diamonds, with other minerals such as gemstones, nickel, copper, uranium, kaolin, titanium, platinum also present in TanzaniaMining in Tanzania Publications Eversheds SutherlandDashed hopes Thousands of artisanal miners who have for years been engaged in gold mining business in Mubende were last month evicted by the security forces and, as Francis Mugerwa reports Miners struggling to move on after eviction from Mubende gold

  • OPINION: Mining police Unit, Eviction of ASMs: Is this the

    By Diana Taremwa Government has created a mining police unit to enable law and order in the mining sector and deal with disorganized artisanal miners This was confirmed by the Director of the Directorate of Geological Survey and Mines, Edwards Katto, at the recently concluded Mineral Wealth Conference in Kampala Katto said the mining police's This is according to a report, “Regularising Informal Artisanal Mining in South Africa — An EvidenceBased Report 2019”, launched in Johannesburg on Thursday The research looked into challenges facing "zama zamas" illegal miners and the artisanal mining sectorSo Africa: Report alleges police sexually exploit The bill must address the issue of formalising and regularising these miners Miners are calling for the decriminalisation of artisanal mining through the creation of an objective, transparent and Smallscale miners reject proposed Bill The Chronicle

  • Mining in Tanzania Publications Eversheds Sutherland

    Mining in Tanzania South Africa; Energy and infrastructure Mining; 05122019 Tanzania, like several African and other jurisdictions, is facing significant demands from its citizens to benefit more from Tanzania’s vast mineral resources, particularly gold and diamonds, with other minerals such as gemstones, nickel, copper, uranium, kaolin, titanium, platinum also present in modity trading company Trafigura is investing in a project to monitor artisanal and smallscale cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the company said on Monday (October 8)Trafigura to Invest in Project to Monitor DRC Artisanal Jul 31, 2014  Takavarasha said one way of placing artisanal mining in the mainstream economy was by formalising and regularising their operations If operations of smallscale miners are formalised the country will realise at least 12 tonnes of gold from smallscale operations per Restructuring at ministry of mines Celebrating Being

  • On the dark side MIning Decisions

    The MCSA says artisanal miners should be legally resident in South Africa or have valid work permits There should also be formal channels for selling and beneficiating their product At the 2019 Mining Indaba, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said the NCSMT had adopted a threepronged approach on illegal miningTrafigura is investing in a project that will formalise and monitor artisanal and smallscale cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the chief executive of the commodities trader said on Monday Cobalt is a key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles, a fastgrowing sector in the auto industry, and in metal alloys used to make jet enginesTrafigura to invest in Congo artisanal cobalt mineThe stakeholders said delays in regularising artisanal mining were partly responsible for the continued smuggling of minerals as the informal players were wary of trading through the legal Legalise gold panning, Govt told The Chronicle

  • Ecuador PIM Plataforma Integral de Minería a Pequeña

    Ecuador LargeScale Mining requires regularising its situation to operate legally Artisanal mining According to Art24 os the Reformative Organic Law of the mining law of 2013, are: "popular economic units, singleperson, family and domestic undertakings that perform work in free areas Which are characterised by the use of How the African Mining Vision can serve as a catalyst for mobilising and empowering local actors engaged in the artisanal and small scale mining sector in contributing to sustainable development of Africa’s natural resourcesMobilising and empowering local miners in Africa ECDPMJan 28, 2020  Government also promised to introduce a diamond policy to empower local communities through regularising artisanal diamond mining The President assured local communities that the law will oblige mining entities to remit revenues directly to Government controlled diamond mining in

  • Trafigura To Invest In Congo Artisanal Cobalt Mine Hero

    Oct 08, 2018  Trafigura is investing in a project that will formalise and monitor artisanal and smallscale cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the chief executive of the commodities trader said on Monday Cobalt is a key ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles, a fastgrowing sector in the auto industry, and in metal alloys used to make jet engines It was singled out in a