Although small-scale mining is often associated with ruinous effects on the natural environment, Zimbabwe's experience in gold panning demonstrates that though …Web
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This obligation extends to legislation which gives effect to the rights, for instance the Mines and Minerals Act, Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency Act, Environmental Management Act and the Labour Act, among others. All Chinese mining companies operating in Zimbabwe have a duty to discharge this obligation in respect of …Web
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Multi-causal analysis of factors reported by artisanal and small-scale gold miners as posing safety and health risks in Kadoma and Shurugwi in Zimbabwe in 2017 …Web
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Mining regulations are the same for ASGM and large mines in Zimbabwe [5], and ther e are plans to formalize ASGM [6]. Mining is a high-risk sector requiring effective control measures to protect ...Web
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2. Background on the artisanal mining/farming nexus, research context, and methods. The upsurge of ASGM across sub-Saharan Africa involving a wide variety of 'labour intensive activities without mechanisation' (Weng et al., Citation 2015) has led to wide-ranging debates about the ways in which poverty-driven gold mining fits – or remains invisible – …Web
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Causal risk factors associated with equipment used by artisanal and small-scale gold miners in Kadoma and Shurugwi in Zimbabwe in 2020: (a) hazardous noise exposure at a site with six stamp...Web
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Violence has spiked in Zimbabwe's gold mining sector, costing hundreds of people their lives and triggering a police operation that led to the arrest of thousands. Media and government blame artisanal miners, who dig using little mechanisation and often …Web
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An estimated additional 150,000 people are indirectly dependent on gold panning for subsistence in some areas [8].Overall, artisanal mining is believed to sustain the livelihood of at least two million people in Zimbabwe, directly and indirectly through ancillary services and secondary economic activities [9].The sector has grown in leaps …Web
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One of the gangs is run by Kamlesh Pattni, a businessman who in the 1990s was accused of pocketing hundreds of millions of dollars belonging to the Kenyan exchequer through a gold smuggling scheme ...Web
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Lithium mining in Zimbabwe. According to the World Economic Forum, 540 000 metric tonnes of lithium were mined globally in 2021. This is expected to increase to 1.5m metric tonnes and 3m metric ...Web
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Overview. Zimbabwe's mining sector is highly diversified, with close to 40 different minerals. The predominant minerals include platinum group metals (PGM), chrome, gold, coal, and diamonds. The country boasts the second-largest platinum deposit and high-grade chromium ores in the world, with approximately 2.8 billion tons of PGM and 10 ...Web
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The history of small-scale mining in Zimbabwe dates back to the period well before colonization in the late 1890s. As late as 1908, over 70% of the country`s mines were still classified as small workings (G. Mukwada; 2000). As in other countries, gold mining was the basis for the wealth and power of many empiresWeb
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Sources. This article is a very abbreviated summary from the following publications which readers may well want to follow-up. They are Follow the Money: Zimbabwe.A Rapid Assessment of Gold Supply Chains and …Web
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This study was carried to see how microfinance institutions (MFIs) can use institutional force in compelling the gold mining sector to adhere to environmental management principles in Zimbabwe.Web
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Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is a poverty-driven activity practiced in over 70 countries worldwide. Zimbabwe is amongst the top ten countries using large quantities of mercury to extract gold from ore. This analysis was performed to check data availability and derive a preliminary estimate of disability-adjusted life years …Web
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Artisanal gold mining is a growing threat to savanna biodiversity conservation (Bruner et al 2001, Cabeza et al 2019).In Africa (Ghana, Madagascar, Zimbabwe), efforts have been made to manage challenges emanating from the need to mine within protected areas with minimal success (Gandiwa and Gandiwa 2012, Owusu-Nimo et al 2018, …Web
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) miners in Zimbabwe are faced with occurrences of accidents and injuries. Accidents and injuries were associated …Web
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The Zimbabwean government wants the mining sector to be worth $12bn by 2023, with gold expected to make up $4bn of that. Although the price of gold has rallied during the pandemic, Zimbabwe's revenues from the precious metal have slumped. Gold production fell 30% year-on-year to 3.98 tonnes in the first quarter of 2021, with earnings ...Web
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investigating socio-economic and environmental impacts of mining on host communities: the case of connemara gold mining in midlands province, zimbabwe November 2017 DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17298.32969Web
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We discovered that mining caused extensive environmental destruction, creating artificial hills and open pits as well as promoting massive soil erosion, contaminating water and land with...Web
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Karat 14. 38.23. Following the Battlefields national disaster, which claimed the lives of more than 50 artisanal miners, there has been growing calls that the sector needs regulation and support. In Zimbabwe, gold is one of the country's leading export earners and last year more than 33 tonnes of gold were produced, with the bulk, of more …Web
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Nick Schifrin: In Mutare in Eastern Zimbabwe, it's a gold rush. Unregistered illegal miners are busy at work scouring the muck with only the tools God gave them, hinging their hopes on a silvery ...Web
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Mining is defined as a high-risk sector in Zimbabwe [36], the mining regulations [36] therefore stipulate the required safety standards that incorporate successive defense layers [21] and an ...Web
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is often associated with no or compromised attention to health and safety. Although headlines of fatal accidents in Zimbabwe characterise ASGM, little attention is paid to prevention strategies. This study, therefore, explores health and safety risk mitigation in ASGM in Zimbabwe to inform …Web
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs 14–19 million people globally. There is limited research on accidents, injuries, and safety in Zimbabwe's ASGM. This study investigates the prevalence of accidents and injuries, as well as the associated risks and existing safety practices. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among …Web
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Mercury's health effects are devastating. ... Mercury and gold-mining in Zimbabwe. Mercury costs about $120 per kilogram (2.2 pounds)—roughly the cost of 120 loaves of bread in Zimbabwe. Much ...Web
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The system of gold leakages in Zimbabwe is linked to criminality within the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining sector. Massive gold pilferage or leakage are …Web
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years, mining accounted for 4% of Zimbabwe's GDP. Gold production, in particular, is one of the significant sectors in terms of foreign currency earnings and contributes about 30% of the total foreign currency earnings Zimtrade (2006). It is estimated that, on average, gold exports account for 15% of all exports. However, suchWeb
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) employs 14–19 million people globally. There is limited research on accidents, injuries, and safety in Zimbabwe's ASGM. This study investigates the …Web
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The study investigated the role of small-scale gold mining in promoting sustainable livelihoods among local communities in Kadoma District of Zimbabwe. The sustainability of small-scale gold mining is a …Web
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Occupational risks associated with solid waste management in the informal sector of Gweru, Zimbabwe. S Jerie. Journal of Environmental and Public Health 2016, 2016. 122: ... The environmental effects of effluent disposal at gold mines in Zimbabwe: A case study of tiger reef mine in Kwekwe. S Jerie, E Sibanda. Clarion University of Pennsylvania ...Web
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