artisanal mining: 4 of 5

The pilot project demonstrated that low-cost dust control measures were effective at reducing average airborne lead exposures by 95%. Photo: OK International
MANAGEMENT

Pilot programme for lead poisoning reduction successful

Study finds 'extraordinary improvements' in small-scale mining exposures

21 January 2019

Agnico Eagle integrates biodiversity conservation and land use planning considerations through all stages of business and production activities. Photo: Page Burt
MANAGEMENT

Miners face closure challenge

Mine closure has come a long way in the last 20 years

27 November 2018

 Mozambique plans to eliminate mercury use by 2020 (Courtesy Wikipedia)
ENVIRONMENT

Mozambique kicking mercury use

National inventory to track use runs through December

06 June 2018

Photo: Roy Maconachie and Simon Wharf
INDUSTRY COMMENT

For richer, for poorer - artisanal diamond mining in Sierra Leone

Dr Roy Maconachie on how the wealth from Sierra Leone's diamonds fails to enrich local communities

01 June 2018

 Artisanal diamond miners in Sierra Leone
MANAGEMENT

De Beers introduces GemFair

Group is preparing an app to enable ASM miners to certify their diamonds are ethically sourced

26 April 2018

Galat Sufar South
SURFACE

Orca breaching in Sudan

Orca Gold wants you to forget about Sudan. The Sudan of Omar al-Bashir's genocide in Darfur, repression,

12 March 2018

An estimated 40.5 million people were directly engaged in artisanal and small-scale mining in 2017. Photo: IGF
EDITOR'S COMMENT

The rise of artisanal mining

Artisanal mining has been back in the news recently

19 February 2018

Sulphur and cooking oil could make a magic mercury polymer
MANAGEMENT

Cooking oil could help to clean up mercury

Flinders University has devised a way to use cooking oil and sulphur to extract mercury from the environment

10 August 2017

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