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| asmdata | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Colombia
ASM Population: 600,000
Data sources for estimation
2018: 1,157,000
(ARM-18), Table Annex 3: 314,000 –2,000,000
Source: https://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/17280IIED.pdf - “… despite official estimates that 314,000 people are directly involved in medium- and small-scale mining in Colombia, … reality likely to be far greater. Footnote: This figure from the mining ministry contradicts figures from Conalminercol (the Colombian miners’ association), who suggest that up to 2 million people are involved in ASM in Colombia.”
2014: 343,000
(UBC-14): Gold-only data produced by statistic modelling:
Expected ASM population: 268,000 - 418,000 Estimated ASM gold production: 41.1 - 50.8 t/a
2014: 51,826
(SPDA-14): 51,826
Data apparently for gold and “illegal” only.
De acuerdo con el censo minero, en Colombia 51,826 personas trabajan en minas ilegales. Actualmente en el país 9,474 de estas personas, es decir el 18.28%, pertenecen a grupos étnicos: 1,048 son indígenas, 1,533 son raizales (caribeños), 6,870 son afrodescendientes y 23 son pertenecen al pueblo ROM o gitano.
1999: 150,000
(ILO-99): Employment: 100,000 - 200,000
Number of mines: 9,600
Illegal mines: +/- 70%
| Reference | Year | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| 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. |
| GMA-18 | 2018 | UNEP (2018): Global Mercury Assessment 2018. Technical Background Report E-Annex. Chapter 3.2. UNEP, Geneva. |
| COL-2015a | 2015 | IIED (2015): Participation as policy: time to formalise artisanal and small- scale mining in Colombia. IIED Briefing Feb 2015, ARM, IIED. London. |
| COL-2014a | 2014 | Echavarria, C. (2014): ‘What is legal?’ Formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia. ARM, IIED. |
| 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. |
| SPDA-14 | 2014 | Heck, C., coord. (2014): La realidad de la minería ilegal en países amazónicos. SPDA. Lima. |
| 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. |