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Articles on small-scale mining

June 8, 2023

Ghana’s informal mining harms health and the land – but reforms must work with people, not against them

Albert Kobina Mensah, Ruhr University Bochum

The activities of artisanal small-scale miners can be turned into an economic good.

January 13, 2023

Judith Verweijen, University of Groningen; Fergus O'Leary Simpson, University of Antwerp, and Peer Schouten, Danish Institute for International Studies

Destructive mining in Congo’s protected areas is rampant because it generates money for citizens, officials and armed groups.

November 5, 2019

Efforts to regulate the lucrative mining venture are not proving successful due to collusion and corruption.

Judith Verweijen
Assistant professor, University of Groningen
Peer Schouten
Senior researcher, Danish Institute for International Studies
Gabriel Botchwey
Senior Lecturer, Political Science, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development
Gordon Crawford
Professor, Coventry University
Albert Kobina Mensah
Research scientist in soil remediation and mining sector sustainability, Ruhr University Bochum
Fergus O'Leary Simpson
Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Antwerp