debate on the degree to which postcolonial mining laws, policies, and governance apparatuses provide opportunities for ASM licensing (Murungu et al. 2012). In the 1990s, economic structural adjustment programs implemented by the government of Zimbabwe under the auspices of the World Bank prioritized mining but focused
Mineral Governance and ASM Formalization Efforts Prior to 2006. Historically, partly as a legacy of colonization processes led by Cecil Rhodes, national resource laws and policies prioritized mining companies, which received privileged status in economic planning (Hollaway Citation 1997; McGregor Citation 2009).While the Mines and Minerals Act (1961) …
As regards, the World Bank ... for competing applications, Section 39(4) enjoins the minister to grant license to the applicant whose proposal offers a more favorable use of minerals (Zhuwarara 2017). Other laws govern the administration of mineral resources. ... Spiegel SJ (2009) Resource policies and small-scale gold mining in Zimbabwe. Res ...
The other significant gold producer in India has been the Hutti Gold Mine, located in the Raichur district of Karnataka. 4 The operation initially entered production in 1902, although it subsequently closed in 1918 because of a paucity of funds due to World War I. Since its restart in 1947, through to 2020, it has produced some 84t of gold and is currently the only significant …
WASHINGTON, November 22, 2017 — Today, the World Bank approved a $20 million International Development Association (IDA)* Grant for the second phase of the Extractive Industries Technical Assistance Project (EITAP 2) to help strengthen governance, increase geological knowledge, and support the artisanal mining sector in the country. Under the first …
Overview. A new World Bank Group report, "Minerals for Climate Action: "The Mineral Intensity of the Clean Energy Transition," finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy technologies. It estimates that over 3 billion tons of minerals and metals will be needed to …
fiscal revenue channel, since 10 percent of mining royalties are redistributed to mining districts. 2 Gold mining in Ghana Ghana has a long tradition of gold mining and has produced a substantial portion of the world's gold for over 1,000 years (see Hilson [2002] for an extensive overview of gold production in Ghana).
Watch: A Chatham House and World Gold Council Panel discussion on artisanal and small-scale gold mining . To mark the launch of Silence is Golden, we partnered with Chatham House in London, UK to host a panel discussion on addressing illegal gold mining.The conversation focussed on the expansion of illicit control and exploitation within ASGM, highlighting the …
Decentralized Policy Approach for Riverbed Gold Panning In 1991, responding to growing concerns about environmental risks and gold smug-gling, the government of Zimbabwe created a legal mechanism for regulating one of the more rudimentary forms of gold mining—riverbed gold panning. Specifically, the
the world. It agreed in 2016 to receive support from the World Bank to undertake policy analysis and design reforms through the Natural Resources for Development ("NR4D") program. A key component in the World Bank's support to the Indonesian government is the Mining Sector Diagnostic ("MSD") presented in this report.
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The World Bank's strategy in South Africa reflects the country's development priorities and its unique leadership position at sub-regional and continental levels. ... led to GDP growth falling to just 0.7% in 2023, from 1.9% in 2022. Mining production contracted while manufacturing production edged higher, as load shedding and transport ...
Political economy of the mining sector in Ghana. World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 5730, Essah and Andrews, 2016). It is estimated that Ghana's gold mining sector contributed about 45% of total foreign exchange between 1986 and 1988 and injected over $300 million into the economy within the same period (Aryee, 2001).
stages of mining exposed a few weaknesses, mostly around transparency, clarity of rules, and accounta-bility of decisions. • The mining policy and legal framework are largely sound. Some "bottleneck" gaps in the regulatory regime have been identified including the need for greater detail and clarity around licensing;
Initiatives such as the LBMA's Responsible Sourcing Program (RSP) and the World Gold Council's Responsible Gold Mining Principles (RGMP) aim to promote sustainable …
The enforcement of the law is often poor, particularly in rural areas where artisanal mining is most often located (Hentschel et al., 2002;Bansah et al., 2016).
1 INTRODUCTION. Globally, there are more than 100 million people who depend on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) for their livelihood, especially in the developing world (Armah et al., 2016).Africa's diverse mineral …
countries can attract a substantially increased share of world mining investment (World Bank, 1992). It is evident that Ghana's gold production has im proved tremendously as result of the ...
One of the key objectives of the Zimbabwean government's "Vision 2030" is growing the mining industry to have a revenue of 12-billion USD annually.
Environmental policies are developed and implemented based on a country's social, economic and cultural context, as well as on the broad concept of sustainable development (Acquah, 1994).As such, since the 1990s, the government of Ghana has sought to develop an environmental policy framework to address the environmental problems facing the country with …
Gold mining presents a unique opportunity for the world's poor, generating 3‐5 times the income of other livelihoods, and international policy must be pragmatic about this reality. View Show ...
The Principles have gone through a vigorous consultation and review process including two phases of external consultation. More than 200 organisations and experts submitted comments through an online questionnaire, direct bilateral contacts and five multi-stakeholder roundtables. The roundtables were independ…
mining pr9jects. The World Bank has been active in mining sector reform for over a decade. Reforms not only attract private investment, but provide the policy framework for that …
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 ...
2.1 Gold mining drivers 6 2.2 Copper mining drivers 7 2.3 Iron ore mining drivers 8 ... This report was commissioned by the World Bank's Extractives-led Local Economic Diversification (ELLED) Program: a knowledge program that sup- ... Climate Sensitive Mining: Case Studies, and Policy Approaches to Climate Change in Mineral Rich Countries.
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Artisanal gold mining occurs informally and therefore relies on low technologies and extraction methods lacking pollution controls. As a result, despite the fact that artisanal gold mining …
World Bank. 2020. 2020 State of the Artisanal and Small- Scale Mining Sector. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Acknowledgments and key contributors: The 2020 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector report is a collaboration between the World Bank's Extractives Global Programmatic Support Multi-Donor Trust Fund and Pact.
The recovery of gold concentrates has mainly been carried out by processes such as gravity concentration, amalgamation, and cyanidation. The latter processes use chemical reagents which pose ...
• Tax policy, Instruments and State Owned Enterprise Rules • Mining Taxation and State Owned Enterprise Financial Management • Sector Management and Intragovernmental Coordination CSOs & Government 3 • Political Stability • Policies to Mitigate Environmental and Social Impact • Human Rights, Employment Equity and Environmental ...
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