[PDF] Assessing Social and Environmental Impacts of Artisanal …

Accepted: 25 May 2022 The environmental implications of artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) practices have significantly grown, particularly on environment, socio, and livelihoods of the mining communities. The study aims to investigates the environmental and socioeconomic consequences of these practices. A survey research design including primary …

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Environmental Impact of Artisanal Gold Mining in Luku, Minna, …

The evaluation of environmental impact of artisanal gold mining was carried out in Luku, Minna, North Central Nigeria, to evaluate environmental hazards associated with artisanal gold mining ...

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(PDF) Review: Artisanal Gold Mining in …

PDF | About nine million Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) workers in Africa and people living near ASGM activities are highly exposed to... | Find, read and cite all the research you ...

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Waste

ASGM is the major gold mining practice in Northern part of Nigeria and is usually managed locally. Skyrocketing gold price, lack of viable alternative livelihoods, and availability of mercury at affordable cost there has been a resurgence of ASGM activities in Northern Nigeria in recent years ( Environmental Law Institute, 2014 ).

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(PDF) ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF …

This paper identified 37 mining sites in ten gold mining communities of Ijesaland, Nigeria; examined the forms, levels and extent of land degradation resulted from mining …

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Gold Mining in Nigeria

The Problems of Gold Mining in Nigeria. The major problem in the development of the gold industry is the lack of information on the location of the precious metal. And the government does not have all the necessary data on the current gold mining by small companies and since most individual miners hardly keep an honest record of the mined mineral.

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(PDF) Solid Mineral Deposits and Mining in Nigeria:

Paper in Researchgate, 17pp. KPMG (2017) Nigerian Mining Sector Brief 2017. Publication of KPMG Nigeria. 20pp. MSMD (1999) An Inventory of Solid Minerals in Nigeria. (Ministry of Solid Minerals Development GSN Press. MMSD (2016) …

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Environmental Issues and the Prospects of Mining in Nigeria

Hazardous wastes management practice in Nigeria is not in consonance with the best global practices. Many hazardous wastes are dumped indiscriminately, which constitutes hazard to the environment ...

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llicit Financial Flows and Con ict in Artisanal and Small

gold mining has expanded and is now thought to account for a third of total gold production in the Sahel—and this is in a region with a long history of industrial gold mining (ICG, 2019). The gold mining sector in the region is still largely informal and comprised of diverse actors playing different roles, most of whom are artisanal miners.

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Responsible Gold Mining Principles

A. The Responsible Gold Mining Declaration We believe that responsibly undertaken, gold mining plays an important role in supporting sustainable development. The Responsible Gold Mining Principles provide a guide for stakeholders to what we believe are the key elements of responsible gold mining across the mine life-cycle.

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Sustainable Practices for Restoring Cocoa Farmland in Gold Mining

Sustainable Practices for Restoring Cocoa Farmland in Gold Mining-Damaged Agricultural Lands in South West Nigeria. None. 27 Pages Posted: ... with gold-mining effects in Osun State, Nigeria to analyse biochar treatments with inorganic amendments alongside basic treatments. Researchers measured soil health properties by collecting readings for ...

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Strategies and regulatory measures for Combatting illicit mining

Illegal mining presents several challenges for Nigeria that need to be addressed, such as increased environmental damage and increased risks of health crises for residents in mining areas (Abdulrahman et al., 2022), (Olujobi et al., 2022).Illegal mining also constitutes security risks as one finds that in mining communities there is the threat of banditry, …

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MMSD

Gold in Nigeria is found in alluvial and eluvial placers and primary veins from several parts of supracrustal (schist) belts in the northwest and southwest of Nigeria.

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has long been practiced in Nigeria and around the world. Bolstered by historically high gold prices, a lack of viable alternative …

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Assessing the Viability of Artisanal Mining for Alluvial Gold

venture in Nigeria, and gold mining accounts for an extensive amount of artisanal mining activities (Idris-Nda et al., 2018; Adeoye, 2015; Makinde et al., 2013). The large deposits of gold in the north-west and south-west of Nigeria, and smaller deposits in some others locations within the country have been made possible to a certain extent by ...

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Assessment of Gold and Mercury Losses in an Artisanal Gold Mining …

The objective of this work was to establish the gold and mercury losses in an artisanal mining deposit (Uke) in Nigeria to convince miners about their inefficiency and suggest changes in their gold extraction practices. Samples of feeds and tailings from five sluice box concentration processes previously ground in hammer mills below 1 mm (P80 = 0.5 mm) were …

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Human health and environmental assessments of …

This study assessed the health and environmental impacts of artisanal gold mining in Ijesha-land, Osun State, Southwestern Nigeria. Fifty-four environmental samples were collected between 2011 and 2012 and analyzed …

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(PDF) Formalizing artisanal and small-scale gold …

PDF | Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is the world's largest source of anthropogenic mercury emissions and releases. ... Guinea, 43 Laos, 44 Madagascar, 45 Mali, 46 Mongolia, 47 ...

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Full article: Effects of artisanal gold mining activities on soil

Abstract. The study examined some physical and chemical characteristics of soils in an unmonitored mining community in southwestern Nigeria. This study aimed at determining if the active (recently mined), abandoned mines, adjacent farmland, and a relatively less-disturbed forest re-growth region in the community exhibit significantly different or similar characteristics.

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Nigerian Mining Progress, but still a long way to go.

Nigeria's Strategic Minerals: According to the 2015 mining roadmap, the following minerals have been designated strategic in Nigeria: Gold, Lead & Zinc, Coal,

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(PDF) Evaluation of Stakeholders' Roles in the Management of …

Soil contaminated with heavy metals from artisanal gold mining in Anka Local Government Area in Northwestern Nigeria was investigated to evaluate the human health risk as a result of heavy metals.

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(PDF) MINING LAWS AND TAXATION IN NIGERIA

MINING LAWS AND TAXATION IN NIGERIA . × ... It categorizes mining practices into artisanal and small-scale versus large-scale mining, detailing the prevalent informal practices in the country and the legal and regulatory framework governing mineral ownership, leasing, and taxation. ... laws were later subsumed by the General Mining Law of 1872 ...

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Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria

In 2010, a major lead poisoning outbreak in Zamfara State, Nigeria made international headlines. Traced to artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) operations, the scope of the toxic …

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Promoting a Circular Economy in Mining Practices

Integrating circular economy (CE) principles into mining practices offers a promising path toward reducing environmental harm while promoting sustainable resource management. This shift boosts the industry's efficiency and profitability and aligns it with global sustainability goals. This paper delves into strategies for closing material loops, such as waste …

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Comparative Analysis of Economic and Profitability of …

mines, similar to the coal industry, resulted in the lack of recovery within the gold mining sector. While Nigeria currently lacks large-scale gold mining activities, there exists a presence of small-scale gold mining conducted by artisans. This activity is characterized by a non-formal, unstructured, unplanned, and unmanaged approach.

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(PDF) Solid Mineral Deposits and Mining in Nigeria:

Nigeria is often described as a country endowed with abundant mineral resources, including the occurrence of over 40 different solid minerals at approximately 450 locations.

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(PDF) THE NIGERIAN MINING SECTOR: AN OVERVIEW

Additionally, the Nigerian government has invested in foreign iron ore operations in Guinea (Mallo 2007) Uranium: The Nigeria Uranium Mining Company (NUMCO) was a parastatal organization that controlled the exploration and mining of uranium in Nigeria and was a public/private partnership with Total Compagnie Minière of France, which owned 40% ...

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(PDF) Practical approach to reclamation of post-mining sites

mining (taking gold as an example) are therefore of interest and the considered study focus. Crude oil Environmental contamination (soil, water, air, and biota) from c rude oil exploration and

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Socio-Economic Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining …

mining is actively taking place or had taken place. The information used included the types of minerals mined, the type of mining method adopted and market for the mined minerals. Further information on the number and types of licences in the state was obtained from the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (MCO).

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(PDF) Assessing the Ecological Effects of Mining in …

Nigeria's abundant solid minerals constitute some of the largest known deposits in recent years under different categories. With the activities in the sector characterized by production and a ...

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