Environmental management in small scale mining in PNG

Although small-scale mining has developed rapidly in Papua New Guinea (PNG), it is only recently that formal recording has been carried to gain insight on employment and production totals, and environmental difficulties. This paper examines the state of small-scale mining in PNG, with special emphasis on its environmental impacts.

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Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New

This paper provides the first detailed characterisation of the interface dynamics between artisanal and small- scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM) activities in Papua New Guinea, recently termed 'ASM-LSM interfaces'. We characterise these interfaces across the project lifecycle at operational, non-operating, and future mines.

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Paper on Challenges and Achievements on Small scale …

As far as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People is concerned, Small Scale Mining in Papua New Guinea, which is mostly comprised of indigenous people, deserves the right to be accorded due recognition by the Government of Papua New Guinea and international assistance ...

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Mining in Papua New Guinea: A complex story of trends, impacts …

Mining is often portrayed as a contributor to sustainable development, especially so in developing countries such as Papua New Guinea (PNG). Since 1970, several large mines have been developed in PNG (e.g. Panguna, Ok Tedi, Porgera, Lihir, Ramu) but always with controversial environmental standards and social impacts often overlooked or ignored.

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THE TREND IN ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING …

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is more than 100 years old. Participation, production output and level of mechanization in the sector are influenced by …

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Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New

This paper provides the first detailed characterisation of the interface dynamics between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM) activities in Papua New Guinea ...

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Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua New

These development failures have also pushed a good number of rural s into labour intensive and risky forms of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), or what is generally termed small-scale mining (SSM) throughout Papua New Guinea. 1 The link between artisanal and small-scale mining and poverty alleviation in developing countries has ...

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Permitting

A mining Lease is generally issued for small to medium scale alluvial and hard rock mining operations. The lease term is up to 20 years and can subsequently be extended for up to 10 years. The area size is up to 60 square kilometers.Mining lease for hard rock resource development can be held by a foreign entity.

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Land, labour and capital: Small and large-scale miners in Papua …

This paper provides the first detailed characterisation of the interface dynamics between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM) activities in …

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Report on Small-scale Mining in Papua New Guinea

Artisanal Small-scale Mining (ASM) has recently inc reased with increase in high gold prize. Populations of small-scale mining in PNG are rural bashed miners who use rudimentary sluice …

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Mining

Papua New Guinea has been a gold exporter since the 1930s and has ranked as the 11th largest gold producer in the world over the last few years. ... there are about 60,000 small-scale gold miners, who work as individuals, family or clan groups in Papua New Guinea. Small-scale mining is estimated to produce about four tonnes of gold annually.

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Mining Project Rehabilitation and Closure Guidelines: Papua New …

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is home to mining operations that range in scale and proximity to communities. Mining operations last from a few years to decades, and vary in their degree of rehabilitation and mine closure (RMC) planning. ... This report examines the potential for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) to take an expanded role in the ...

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The Gender of the Gold: An Ethnographic and Historical Account …

The Kaindi area of Papua New Guinea is home to a large community of Anga small-scale miners. While they constitute nearly half of the local population, women do not participate in mining to the ...

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The Gender of the Gold: an Ethnographic and Historical Account …

The Kaindi area of Papua New Guinea is home to a large community of Anga small-scale miners. While they constitute nearly half of the local population, women do not participate in mining to the same extent as the men.

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THE TREND IN ARTISANAL AND SMALL SCALE MINING DEVELOPMENT IN PAPUA NEW

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is more than 100 years old. Participation, production output and level of mechanization in the sector are influenced by changes in governance, commodity price and legislation. The momentum of change was high and fast when PNG was moving toward Independence in 1975. Departure of European miners and …

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Report on Small-scale Mining in Papua New Guinea

Small-scale mining is a legally recognized economic activity and a significant contributor to the rural economy in PNG. Characteristics of gold mining are quite different from any other …

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Small Scale Mining

The Small Scale Mining provides onsite and outreach programs. The outreach programs are carried out in remote areas of the country. The targets are areas that have high proportion of the population active in artisanal and small scale …

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Multidimensional poverty and small-scale mining in the shadow of …

Although small-scale mining has developed rapidly in Papua New Guinea (PNG), it is only recently that formal recording has been carried to gain insight on employment and production totals, and ...

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Papua New Guinea

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASSM) offers lucrative employment opportunities to the locals of most developing countries._x000D_ The major drawback of ASSM is its adverse impacts on the environment resulting from improper mining and processing techniques. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has very active ASSM activities. The artisanal and small-scale gold mining in …

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Alluvial Mining will be Regulated

Photo Credit: Papua New Guinea Mine Watch. Small-scale alluvial mining will be regulated, according to an official, since the impact on the environment, people's health, and safety is significant. ... "Alluvial mining is also included in the newly drafted Mine and Works (Safety and Health) Bill 2021 to address the safety and health aspects of ...

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A new era of renewal in artisanal mining

This article is a repost from the Sunday Times South Africa from February 9, 2025. The World Bank estimates that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) directly employs at least 45 million people in 80 countries. Yet the sector's reach does not end there: an additional 270 million people are working in services related to the sector bringing its direct and indirect …

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Multidimensional poverty and small-scale mining in the shadow of …

PNG is a resource-dependent nation. The mining industry has played a dominant role in the economy since independence was achieved in 1975. By the 1980s Rio Tinto's large-scale Panguna copper mine on the island of Bougainville was in full production, and the giant Ok Tedi mine had been established on the opposite side of the country in the remote Star …

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Small‐scale Mining and Development: The Case of Gold Mining in Papua

Small-scale Gold Mining in Papua New Guinea: A Preliminary Summary Report, Department of Chemical Technology. The P a p a New Guinea University of Technology, Lae (December).

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Artisanal and Small-scale Mining. Challenges and …

More than 13 million people in the South are directly engaged in small-scale mining – many of whom are women and children – with another 80 to 100 million depending on it for some aspect of ...

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The Trend in Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Development in …

Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is more than 100 years old. Participation, production output and level of mechanization in the sector are influenced by …

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Gold revolution: developing Papua New Guinea's alluvial mining …

Small-scale, or alluvial, mining is a reserved activity in Papua New Guinea, meaning it is reserved for Papua New Guineans only. While the sector doesn't receive the attention and support that large scale mining receives, there is clear potential, …

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Report on Small-Scale Mining in Papua New Guinea

The Kaindi area of Papua New Guinea is home to a large community of Anga small-scale miners. While they constitute nearly half of the local population, women do not …

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has very active ASSM activities. The artisanal and small-scale gold mining in PNG provide employment at local and national levels and the sector is an important source for inflow of foreign exchange into rural communities. However, small-scale mining activities are associated with sensitive health and environmental issues.

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2023 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector

and Oil resources); Papua New Guinea (Mineral Tenements Administration Branch, Regulatory Operations Division, Mineral Resources Authority of PNG); Perú (Ministry of Energy ... State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector 2023 III. Acronyms CSO4-Cs Cut, Carat, Color and Clarity 4IR Fourth Industrial Revolution AIDS Acquired ...

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activity plays an important role in the economy of developing countries, directly and indirectly supporting an estimated 100 million people globally (International Council on Mining and Metals 2009).The term, ASM, refers in a general manner to subsistence mining, where workers are independent from any large-scale …

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