examine the link between mining and sexual violence. There is a dearth of research specifically into the gender dimensions of … artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as a means to economic security for both men and women. Further, there has been … insufficient analysis of the real and potential threats to women’s human rights in the artisanal mining sector in DRC. Once these …

primarily from extensive background studies undertaken of the forestry, fishery, wildlife, mining, and tourism sub sectors (COWI …

Regional organizations and national governments are increasingly focusing on enhancing the benefits from mining sector … investment. The Africa Union's African Mining Vision 2050 outlines a new resource-based industrialization and development … governments are also increasingly looking for ways to maximize benefits derived from investment in mining. This report aims to …

). This report explores the potential contribution that the copper mining industry could make to jobs and prosperity in Zambia …, and the performance of the economy has followed the fortunes of copper mining closely. This report investigates the role … copper mining could play in achieving the government's objectives of increasing economic growth and jobs in the future …

In Nigeria, up to now mining activities have systematically escaped environmental control. In 1989, the Government of … directives in mining development included mandatory preventive environmental impact assessment (EIA), minimization of … environmental damages and risks, prescription of regulation and standards specific for mining wastes, and promotion of legal small …