This paper argues that actions of large-scale mining companies at the early stages of a mining project establish a … legacy which sets the tone for that mine's long-term relationship with the local artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM … these mines' relationship with local small-scale mining stakeholders. Circumstances at Damang during the discovery and early …

The contribution of mining to the Ghanaian economy has been substantial. The mining sector is currently a major foreign … these impacts. Often, new mining exploration takes place on land that provides land-based livelihood to many rural people …. Ironically, compensation payments seem to worsen poverty in the mining communities and bring about the social conflicts. Hence …

areas not well treated by Reynolds and other historians: in the fields of mining, metallurgy, and textiles – including the … costly, overshot wheels. The study thus begins with the late-medieval technological revolutions in both mining and metallurgy …

, which should be useful to managers, in general, not only in strip mining. Simple linear programming techniques are derived …

resource in Northeast China. Historical mining exploitation has caused extensive impact on environment. The objective of this … study was to quantitatively evaluate the impact induced by mining activities in 106 mining sites and then find out the most … factor on mining environment. Through the comparison with Improved Analytic Hierarchy Process, 96.23 % of evaluation results …

mining companies. Private investment is projected to increase from 17.8 percent of GDP in 2012 to more than 40 percent in …