scholarly journals Who owns the mud? Valuable leftovers, sociotechnical innovation and changing relations of production in artisanal gold mining (Burkina Faso)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristiano Lanzano ◽  
Luigi Arnaldi di Balme
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Artisanal Gold Mining

scholarly journals Local Governance and Labor Organizations on Artisanal Gold Mining Sites in Burkina Faso

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 616 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lala Ouedraogo ◽  
Patrick Mundler
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Local Governance ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Physical World ◽  
Mining Sites ◽  
Labor Organizations ◽  
Development Framework ◽  
Artisanal Gold Mining ◽  
Artisanal Miners

This paper based on the institutional analysis and development framework (IAD) is to discuss the local governance and labor organizations on artisanal gold mining camps in Burkina Faso; a West African country that in recent years has been increasingly exploiting its gold reserves. Field data were collected from three sites in the villages of Diosso, Siguinoguin and Zincko in accordance with the purposive sampling. One major finding gleaned from the on-site research is that forms of governance vary along a continuum from flexible (enforced by a joint powers: artisanal miners’ union, customary authorities and landowners) to rigid (enforced by landowner). Another finding is that the type of relationship between indigenous communities and miners depend on the importance of the authocthony of the artisanal miners. Indeed, they are harmonious in Zincko, where miners originate from the village, whereas they are tense in Siguinoguin, which is populated by migrants. Eventually, this paper relies on the French school of proximity to enrich the definitions given to the attributes of the physical world and the attributes of the community highlighted by Ostrom’s theory as geographical proximity fails to detail forms of relational proximity that clearly structure the way governance is organized on the mining camps.

Biodegradation of free cyanide by bacterial species isolated from cyanide-contaminated artisanal gold mining catchment area in Burkina Faso

Chemosphere ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 71-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lovasoa Christine Razanamahandry ◽  
Harinaivo Anderson Andrianisa ◽  
Hela Karoui ◽  
Koffi Marcelin Kouakou ◽  
Hamma Yacouba
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Catchment Area ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Bacterial Species ◽  
Free Cyanide ◽  
Artisanal Gold Mining

Leaching Gold with Cassava: An Option to Eliminate Mercury Use in Artisanal Gold Mining

2021 ◽  
pp. 127531
Author(s):  
P. Torkaman ◽  
M.M. Veiga ◽  
L.R.P. de Andrade Lima ◽  
L.A. Oliveira ◽  
J.S. Motta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gold Mining ◽  
Artisanal Gold Mining

A Study on Ivory Coast with the Impacts of Artisanal Gold Mining on Local Livelihoods and the Mining Industry

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 ◽  
pp. 68-77
Author(s):  
Kouame Joseph Arthur Kouame ◽  
Fu Xing Jiang ◽  
Yu Feng ◽  
Si Tao Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Ivory Coast ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Barriers To Entry ◽  
Chemical Contaminants ◽  
Artisanal Mining ◽  
Local Livelihoods ◽  
Artisanal Gold Mining ◽  
Main Activity

In rural regions, mining is an activity that employs many people due to the fact that the barriers to entry are sometime trivial, with very low technology, capital fund and no specialized skills required. Many people including children into artisanal mining in Ivory Coast because they can earn higher incomes in mining than through other traditional activities such as agriculture, which is the main activity in the country. Artisanal mining contribute to reduce the abject poverty and it offers many others opportunities. However, this activity has many negative social impacts. Local people including miners are risking their life everyday due to the unsanitary conditions, prostitution, chemical contaminants, and alcoholism, and also the large degradation of lands. The main objective of this Paper is to understand how artisanal gold mining in the Ivory Coast affects local livelihoods and the environment. Some key recommendations for addressing artisanal mining activities in order to have a good option for sustainable management of mineral resources in the country are proposed.

scholarly journals Linking Geological and Health Sciences to Assess Childhood Lead Poisoning from Artisanal Gold Mining in Nigeria

2013 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
pp. 744-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geoffrey S. Plumlee ◽  
James T. Durant ◽  
Suzette A. Morman ◽  
Antonio Neri ◽  
Ruth E. Wolf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lead Poisoning ◽  
Gold Mining ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Childhood Lead Poisoning ◽  
Artisanal Gold Mining
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