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Artisanal mining

Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a wide variety of types of small mining that range from manual subsistence mining using simple tools to vocational mining that is semi-mechanised involving light machinery such as generators, water pumps, and small motorized mills, through to organised mechanised mining that employs industrial…

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Artisanal mining

Nodes151
Edges150
Triples128
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.013245
Components1

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Artisanal mining

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related to ICMM "Working Together" · 14
Artisanal mining → As, ASM, Communities, Fund, Gas, ICMM, International Finance Corporation's Oil, Metals, Mining, Mining Sustainable Community Development, Small-Scale Mining, The, The International Council, There
related to Violence · 13
Artisanal mining → Africa, ASM, By July, Chinese, Corruption, For, Ghana, Ghanaian, In, Mining, The, This, Violence
related to Peru · 12
Artisanal mining → Andes, ASM, Authorities, Bolivia, Despite, Formalization, Growing, La Rinconada, Mercury, Peru, Peru's, The
related to Economic opportunities · 11
Artisanal mining → ASM, For, Furthermore, Here, IMF, IMF's, Latin American, Many, Sub-Saharan Africa, Such, Under
related to Environmental pollution · 9
Artisanal mining → Although, AMD, ARD, Artisanal, ASM, Increased, Mining, This, Toxic
related to Guinea · 8
Artisanal mining → ASM, ASM-based, Guinea, Guineans, Mercury, Small-scale, The, The ASM
related to International market · 7
Artisanal mining → ASM, For, Globally, Similarly, The, This, US
related to Economic output · 4
Artisanal mining → Artisanal, ASM, In, Miners
is a · 1
Artisanal mining → only source of income immediately available

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asm mining gold artisanal miners sector minerals many often also communities operations mined environmental mercury small-scale development mines mineral areas

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Artisanal miningis aonly source of income immediately available0.90text
generatorsinstance ofis a blanket term for a wide variety of types of small mining that range from manual subsistence mining using simple tools to vocational mining that is semi-mechanised involving…0.80text
water pumpsinstance ofis a blanket term for a wide variety of types of small mining that range from manual subsistence mining using simple tools to vocational mining that is semi-mechanised involving…0.80text
and small motorized millsinstance ofis a blanket term for a wide variety of types of small mining that range from manual subsistence mining using simple tools to vocational mining that is semi-mechanised involving…0.80text
through to organised mechanised mining that employs industrial equipment such as excavatorsinstance ofis a blanket term for a wide variety of types of small mining that range from manual subsistence mining using simple tools to vocational mining that is semi-mechanised involving…0.80text
bulldozersinstance ofis a blanket term for a wide variety of types of small mining that range from manual subsistence mining using simple tools to vocational mining that is semi-mechanised involving…0.80text
mineral detectorsinstance ofor technology0.80text
audio-based reflection seismology surveysinstance ofor technology0.80text
shippinginstance ofASM also includes ancillary industries0.80text
processing ore not directly related to the act of mining that can provide additional jobs.Although there are large industrial mines worldwideinstance ofASM also includes ancillary industries0.80text
artisanal mines employ many more peopleinstance ofASM also includes ancillary industries0.80text
organized crimeinstance ofThe informal nature of ASM contributes to ASM's vulnerability to being controlled by armed actors0.80text

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