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asmdata
ASM StatusExisting (data assessed)
Data year2014
Publ. year2014
ASM Miners7,000
Inc. DevMinno
- min.5,000
- max.9,000
- female1 ,000
- gold7 ,000
ASM Commoditiesgold

China

Estimation follows data from IIED-13, although data originate from 2003.
Min/max: following IIED-13, but with minimum set higher at 7M which seems more realistic than 3M.
Female participation unknown.
Gold: using latest data from UBC-14.

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%

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IGF-182018IGF (2018): Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues. IIED/IISD, London, Winnipeg.igf-18.pdfiisd.org/…
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UBC-142014Seccatore, 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.pdfdoi.org/…
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asmdata
ASM StatusExisting (data assessed)
Data year2003
Publ. year2013
ASM Miners9,000,000
Inc. DevMinsome
- min.7,000,000
- max.15,000,000
- gold2 ,750 ,000
ASM Commoditiesgold, 3T, coal, gemstone, jade
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