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The social and economic contribution of gold mining

Introduction. Gold mining occurs on every continent except Antarctica, often in remote and poorly connected areas with little infrastructure or alternative economic activity. This …

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In the Wake of Coup, Gold Mining Boom Is …

The KIO banned gold mining in its territories in December and has since stopped gold mining in Nam San Yang village, which is under partial KIO control. Colonel Naw Bu, the KIO's information officer, …

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(PDF) The Impact of Mining on the Ghanaian Economy: A …

This review examines the impact of mining on the Ghanaian economy from 1992 to 2020. The purpose of the study is to comprehensively analyse the effects of mining on economic growth, employment ...

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Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the …

A systematic map protocol to synthesise evidence of the environmental and social impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mitigation measures in the …

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Gold's Contribution to Society

Gold's role in socio-economic development. Gold mining is a major economic driver for many countries across the world. Well-managed, transparent and accountable resource extraction can be a major contributor to economic growth due to the creation of employment and business opportunities for local people.

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(PDF) ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF GOLD MINING ACTIVITIES …

This research study examines the significant negative effects that gold mining operations have on the environment and the community in Ghana's Asutifi North …

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(PDF) The Socioeconomic Effects of Large Scale …

The performance of the gold mining industry globally is in no doubt. However, the industry's susceptibility to the frequent rise and fall in the price of gold, coupled with the various negative impacts it generates in …

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(PDF) Assessing the Environmental and Socio …

Several researchers have documented the environmental and socio-economic impacts of gold mining in other countries [5–8]. However, due to research specialization and discipline-specific worldviews, seldom …

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Research article Assessing the effects of gold mining on …

The key informant was selected specifically to infer the effects of gold mining on the environment in the study area. The survey results indicate that mining serves as …

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Evaluating the environmental and economic impact of mining …

Over the years, the impact of mining on the economy, environment, and society has attracted several views (Balasubramanian, 2017; Festin et al., 2018; Mensah et al., 2015; Ocansey, 2013).A study, (Widana, 2019) conceptualized the impacts of mining into several forms such as functionality (socio-economic, political and environment), …

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Environmental impact of artisanal and small-scale gold mining …

Over the past 20 years, there has been growing research into the potential environmental impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) in this region. Both in the short and long term, this type of mining can generate numerous health, environmental and socioeconomic impacts that can be measured using diverse methods.

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Mining our green future | Nature Reviews Materials

Boldy, R. et al. Understanding the impacts of mining on ecosystem services through a systematic review. The Extractive Industries and Society 8, 457–466 (2021). Article Google Scholar

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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND LAND DISPUTE OF ILLEGAL SMALL-SCALE GOLD

Environmental degradation resulting from mining activities is mostly attributed to illegal small-scale mining. As small-scale illegal gold mining in Ghana customarily involved the use of basic ...

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A systematic review of artisanal and small-scale mining: Impacts …

Ouoba did a research on the impact of ASM and industrial mining on poverty in Burkina Faso. Barasa et al. carried out a study to examine the impact of ... Interestingly, most people including women argued that gold mining was only appropriate for men as it is a physically challenging activity that therefore women can only perform …

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Water Pollution and Contamination from Gold Mines: Acid …

Mining of metals such as gold, silver and copper results in the exposure to water and air of rock ore containing sulphides. ... African government has taken several urgent and situation enforced intervention measures to address the adverse AMD impact of gold mining, it has consistently failed to live up to many relevant human rights and other ...

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Potential implications of gold-mining activities on some …

This study analysed 115 Gold Mining Impact (GMIs) research articles published in Web of Science (WOS) with the highest total lifetime citations and citations per year by summarising the trends, search terms, keywords, most productive authors and …

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Environmental and Social Impacts of Gold Mining

This article will explore the environmental and social impacts of gold mining, focusing on the threats posed to water resources, solid waste production, the destruction of natural habitats, and the social consequences of mining activities. ... His writings and advice are born out of personal experience and extensive research, and …

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Satellite images show the widespread impact of mining on …

Although Dethier et al. focused on gold mining, which occurs in 90% of the areas that they catalogued, there is also scope for expanding their research to understand the effects of the full life ...

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Environmental and social impacts of mining and their …

This research article examines the impacts of coal mining on financial, physical, human, natural, and social capitals and how these capitals affect the rural livelihood practices in the Sonepur ...

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Understanding the impacts of mining on local …

J-WAFS researchers Scott Odell, a visiting researcher in MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative, and John Fernández, a professor in MIT's Department of Architecture, are examining climate change, copper mining, and desalination, and their environmental and social impacts on Indigenous communities, glaciers, and agriculture …

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Impacts for half of the world's mining areas are …

Mining is a crucial industry — from iron and copper to gravel and sand, we depend on it for the basic building blocks of the modern world. It is a fast changing sector, as the clean energy ...

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An assessment of the impact of illegal artisanal gold mining …

The impacts of illegal gold mining within CSA varied from medium to very high (table 1). Some impacts were direct and others were indirect and their severity on CSA biodiversity varied. The direct impacts of illegal gold mining were on vegetation, ground and soil and most of them had high severity.

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Health impacts of industrial mining on surrounding …

Introduction. Africa endows about a third of global reserves of natural resource of metals and minerals [].The continent is currently hosting about 700 active industrial mines and many more are planned, partly in response to the global transition toward a low-carbon future [1, 2].Large-scale extraction projects are important drivers for …

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The social and economic contribution of gold mining

The social and economic contribution of gold mining 01 This insightful report offers an analysis of value distribution from 31 large gold mining companies across 38 countries, …

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(PDF) Impacts of artisanal gold mining systems on soil and …

Gold mining is a tremendously important economic activity in rural districts of Ethiopia. We assessed the impacts of artisanal gold mining on soil and woody vegetation in northern Ethiopia.

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The impact of conflicts in the mining industry: A case study of a gold

1.Introduction. This research delves into an analysis of the emergence of a dispute surrounding gold mining in Skouries, Greece. It places a significant emphasis on the economic implications of such a conflict and the underlying factors …

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Mining our green future | Nature Reviews Materials

The World Bank Report in 2020 highlighted 17 mineral commodities that appear essential for the clean energy transition to renewables.

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An assessment of the impact of illegal artisanal gold mining …

Illegal artisanal gold mining threatens biodiversity conservation within protected areas. The objectives of this study were to: (i) assess the environmental …

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(PDF) Small scale gold mining effects on the miners and …

This research describes the socioeconomic effects of a large scale gold mining on the local community in the Lega Dambi gold mining, Ethiopia. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative ...

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Understanding the impacts of mining on ecosystem services …

However, without more research to establish the full extent of the impacts of mining on ES, inadequate existing data and research gaps may limit the potential for environmental management policies in mining operations to mitigate against the impacts to ES. 4.3. Implications of mining impacts on ecosystem services and consequences …

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