A Gendered Perspective on Formalization & Taxation of …
in Kenya a legal status for the first time. The Mining Act created Artisanal Mining Committees (AMC) through which artisanal miners participate in issuance, renewal, and revocation of artisanal mining permits. The government also developed an Artisanal Mining Strategy (2021-2025) whose objective is professionalization and
(PDF) Assessing Social and Environmental Impacts of Artisanal …
Assessing Social and Environmental Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Practices in Lolgorian, Kenya ... The informal sector is distinguished by the use of primitive equipment, labor intensiveness, poor productivity, and low fixed capital and profitability, all of which are typical of ASGM. ... Implications of artisanal mining on ...
WOMEN AND ARTISANAL SMALL- SCALE GOLD …
Women's mining incomes pay for food, housing, school fees, and investments in land, new businesses, housing, and livelihoods. Yet women face distinct challenges in their mining work. The Research: This report is based on research conducted over five years (2015-2019) in the Matanda mine site (Osiri junction, Migori), primarily by Sarah Katz ...
Jurnal Rekayasa Kimia dan Lingkungan (Journal of
critical role in facilitating both the artisanal miners and the Processing Center for both cases in Kenya or Aceh. Keywords: Artisanal mining, flotation, gold recovery, gravity concentration, leaching
What is Artisanal Mining? | ASM
Artisanal Mining is characterised by manual labour or minimal-to-no mechanization; minimal-to-no geological knowledge; minimal-to-no start-up capital; is usually unfavourable or 'unbankable' due to lack of adequate specific policy and regulatory frameworks; is sometimes formal (with precarious mining passes/cards) but mostly informal; difficult to …
Gold and governance provide hope for Kenya's artisanal …
Legal artisanal and small-scale mining contributed US$224 million to the Kenyan economy in 2022, representing over half of the country's mining output. The sector employs roughly 250 000 miners, 40% of whom are women, and supports the livelihoods of over 800 000 people. However, when unregulated, as is the case in Illo, it quickly …
(PDF) Artisanal gold mining in Kakamega and Vihiga counties, Kenya
The promulgation of the new mining act in Kenya, Mining Act No. 12 of 2016 (section 98, subsections 2 and 3) formalised and legalised ASGM activities countrywide, allowing for licensing and putting in place a framework for best practices in a sector that was largely considered illegal and informal (Fritz et al., 2018; GoK, 2016).
Risk Factors Associated with Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining …
In artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM), little is known about the risk factors to injuries. In 2018, we examined injuries and the potential risk factors among ASGM workers in Rosterman, Kakamega County, Kenya. A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted and three hundred and thirteen (313) ASGM workers were …
Artisanal Mining Practices: A Study Of Selected Counties In Kenya
These activities are undertaken by people working with simple tools and equipment, usually in the informal sector, outside the legal and regulatory framework. ..., copper, quarry, sand and other minerals spread across the country (Ollett, 2013). Some of the counties in Kenya where artisanal mining takes place are: Kakamega County, Migori ...
Working towards self-regulation in small-scale gold mining in Kenya
In Kenya, artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs roughly 250,000 miners with women making up 40% of the total. Though largely informal and filled with risk, this form of mining shows potential for providing sustainable livelihoods if human rights and environmental risks are properly addressed. Solidaridad's five-year RECLAIM …
Why artisanal gold miners are happy with government
"In addition, of the all gold that shall be processed by the refinery plant, we (artisanal miners) shall get 20 per cent of total revenue collected and we shall get modern gold mining equipment ...
Optimizing Gold Recovery of Artisanal Mining: A Lesson Learned from Kenya
These tests were conducted to find the best processing stages to improve the Kenyan artisanal mining recovery. From the three categories of samples treated, sample A, which was processed through ...
Ending the toxic trail of small-scale gold mining
Artisanal mining accounts for 20 per cent of the global supply of gold and generates approximately US$30 billion annually. ... over 250,000 miners in Kenya – many of whom are young adults that lack other job opportunities – are involved in small-scale gold production, mostly along the Lake Victoria basin in the south-west of the country ...
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The company promotes the use of specially designed Artisanal Mining Equipment which eliminates the use of Chemicals and Children in the mining sector in ... The company is fully certified by the Kenyan Ministry of Petroleum and Mining to operate in Kenya. It was granted the Mining Dealer's (Processing)License to
ASMAK Artisanal and Small-scale Miners Association of …
Stay Connected. Founded in January 2023, the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Association of Kenya (ASMAK) is a non-profit, non-political hub championing nationwide …
(PDF) Artisanal gold mining in Kakamega and Vihiga counties, Kenya
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) represents 20% of gold supply and 90% of gold mining workforce globally, which operates in highly informal setups.
Artisanal gold mining in Kakamega and Vihiga …
Typical artisanal small-scale gold mining as practised in Kakamega and Vihiga counties. In the Kenyan counties of Kakamega, Vihiga, Siaya and Migori, there is …
(PDF) Analysis of Informality in Artisanal Mining in Kenya: …
Gold Mining in Kenya Gold mining in the Kemya date to the 1920s in areas such as Macalder, Osiri, Mikei, Masara, Kitere and Lolgorien. The past decade has seen an increase in artisanal mining driven by demand for alternative livelihood in the face of declining agricultural production.
Artisanal Mining Strategy 2021-2025
The Artisanal Mining sector is a key contributor to both rural incomes and livelihoods. However, a number of key constraints limit its economic potential, including informality, difficulties in attracting finance, limited business skills of ASMs, poor health and safety standards, a shortage of access to geo data, and inefficient and environmentally …
The economic contributions of artisanal and small-scale mining in Kenya …
The Kenyan government has proposed to increase the mining sector's contribution to 10% of GDP by 2030 through value addition and the implementation of new policies. The research indicated that only a small portion of Kenyan gemstone are locally cut. As the main global source of Tsavorite, Taita Taveta County is uniquely positioned to ...
Africa: Gold and Governance Provide Hope for Kenya's Artisanal …
Legal artisanal and small-scale mining contributed US$224 million to the Kenyan economy in 2022, representing over half of the country's mining output. The sector employs roughly 250 000 miners ...
Ghana's artisanal miners are a law unto themselves: …
Artisanal and small-scale mining is attractive to an average Ghanaian for a number of reasons. Firstly, artisanal and small-scale miners can generate an income averaging $3 daily (GHS30) versus ...
ASMAK Artisanal and Small-scale Miners Association of Kenya …
Founded in January 2023, the Artisanal and Small Scale Mining Association of Kenya (ASMAK) is a non-profit, non-political hub championing nationwide artisanal and small-scale mining. With a 12-member board representing diverse regions, ASMAK, chaired by Dan Odida, ensures inclusive growth and advocacy across Kenya's entire ASM sector.
[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 …
The impacts of artisanal and small-scale gold mining on …
Artisanal and small-scale mining of minerals and metals (mostly informal and labor-intensive, low capital, low-tech, and a risky form of mining) (ASM) has become a vital livelihood activity and one of the main non-agricultural rural livelihood activities in the Global South due to its low entry level (Hilson and Osei, 2014).
ARTISANAL MINING PRACTICES: A STUDY OF …
counties in Kenya where artisanal mining takes place are: Kakamega Co unty, Migori County, Homa Bay Count y, Kwale Co unty, Machakos County, Kitui County, …
Kenya's mining sector | mining moratorium | The Exchange
Kenya wants to grow the mining sector's contribution to its GDP to at least 10 per cent by 2030 from the current less than one per cent. The Kenyan government has revoked 1,546 licenses in the mining sector as it gradually resumes licensing, marking the end of nearly four years of a standing moratorium. Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi, …
The economic contributions of artisanal and small-scale …
The economic contributions of artisanal and small-scale mining in Kenya: Gold and gemstones. October 26, 2018. A miner crushes ore in Osiri, Migori. Artisanal …
Pollution of Surface Water Close to an Artisanal Gold …
This study investigated the contribution of artisanal gold mining and processing activities at the Macalder Mine, Kenya to iron (Fe), copper (Cu), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), and nickel (Ni) levels in the drinking water of the nearby Macalder Stream and River Kuja. A tailings dump of an abandoned gold mine in the area is the source of the residual ...
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The videos will offer a deeper understanding of the issues in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector in Kenya, giving special focus on the state of formalization of the sector.