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asmdata | |
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ASM Status | Existing (data assessed) |
Data year | 2014 |
Publ. year | 2014 |
ASM Miners | 7,000 |
Inc. DevMin | no |
- min. | 5,000 |
- max. | 9,000 |
- female | 1 ,000 |
- gold | 7 ,000 |
ASM Commodities | gold |
China
ASM Population: 9,000,000
Following data from IIED-13.
Data sources for estimation
2014: 2,746,000
(UBC-14): Gold-only data produced by statistic modelling:
Expected ASM population: 2,746,000 Estimated ASM gold production: 48.2 t/a
2013: 9,000,000
(IIED-13): 3,000,000 - 15,000,000
2003: 9,000,000
(MMSD-03): Estimate for MMSD research country: 3,000,000 - 15,000,000
MMSD study by A.J.Gunson and Y.Jian (http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/G00719.pdf)
1999: 4,300,000
(ILO-99): Employment: 4,300,000
Number of mines: 250,000
Illegal mines: +/- 80%
Publications
Reference | Year | Citation | Archived Copy | Link |
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ARM-18 | 2018 | Barreto, M.L.,Schein, P., Hinton, J., Hruschka, F. (2018): The Impact of Small-Scale Mining Operations on Economies and Livelihoods in Low- to Middle-Income Countries. ARM, Envigado, PACT, Westcombe. | arm-18.pdf | responsiblemines.org/… |
IGF-18 | 2018 | IGF (2018): Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues. IIED/IISD, London, Winnipeg. | igf-18.pdf | iisd.org/… |
GMA-18 | 2018 | UNEP (2018): Global Mercury Assessment 2018. Technical Background Report E-Annex. Chapter 3.2. UNEP, Geneva. | gma-18.pdf | wedocs.unep.org/… |
UBC-14 | 2014 | Seccatore, J., Veiga, M., et al. (Univ. of British Columbia - UBC) (2014): An estimation of the artisanal small-scale production of gold in the world. Scitotenv. 496. | ubc-14.pdf | doi.org/… |
IIED-13 | 2013 | Buxton, A. (2013): Responding to the challenge of artisanal and small-scale mining. How can knowledge networks help? IIED, London. | iied-13.pdf | pubs.iied.org/… |
MMSD-03 | 2003 | Hentschel, T., Hruschka, F., Priester, M. (2003): Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining - Challenges and Opportunities. MMSD (IIED), London. | mmsd-03.pdf | pubs.iied.org/… |
ILO-99 | 1999 | Jennings, N. (1999): Social and labour issues in small-scale mines. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in Small-scale Mines. ILO, Geneva. | ilo-99.pdf | ilo.org/… |
asmdata | |
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ASM Status | Existing (data assessed) |
Data year | 2003 |
Publ. year | 2013 |
ASM Miners | 9,000,000 |
Inc. DevMin | some |
- min. | 3,000,000 |
- max. | 15,000,000 |
- gold | 2 ,750 ,000 |
ASM Commodities | gold, coal, gemstone, jade |