Gravity concentration of gold-bearing ores and processing of concentrates: A review

B Surimbayev, L Bolotova, A Akcil… - Mineral Processing …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Gold has been one of the most valued metals throughout human history. Traditionally,
gravity plants primarily utilized equipment designed to recover only coarse-grained free …

The myth of gravity concentration to eliminate mercury use in artisanal gold mining

G Martinez, OJ Restrepo-Baena, MM Veiga - The Extractive Industries and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) continues to expand rapidly due to the
increasing global price of gold and the economic impacts of COVID-19. This expansion of …

Artisanal and small-scale mining, and COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa: A preliminary analysis

G Hilson, S Van Bockstael, T Sauerwein, A Hilson… - World Development, 2021 - Elsevier
This article offers preliminary reflections on the potential impact of COVID-19 on artisanal
and small-scale mining (ASM) activities–low-tech, labor-intensive mineral extraction and …

Reducing disease and death from Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM)-the urgent need for responsible mining in the context of growing global demand for …

P Landrigan, S Bose-O'Reilly, J Elbel, G Nordberg… - Environmental …, 2022 - Springer
Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) takes place under extreme conditions with a lack of
occupational health and safety. As the demand for metals is increasing due in part to their …

Volatility of international commodity prices in times of COVID-19: Effects of oil supply and global demand shocks

HC Ezeaku, SA Asongu, J Nnanna - The extractive industries and society, 2021 - Elsevier
This study examines the effects of oil supply and global demand shocks on the volatility of
commodity prices in the metal and agricultural commodity markets using the SVAR model …

Analyzing the nexus of COVID-19 and natural resources and commodities: Evidence from time-varying causality

E Dogan, MT Majeed, T Luni - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Even though a few studies have focused on natural resources and commodity sectors by
considering the pandemic, they have only compared their status in pre-COVID19 to post …

Strategic minerals: Global challenges post-COVID-19

EC Giese - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
In 2020, many countries endorsed lockdown measures, closed their borders, and practiced
social distancing in a bid to contain COVID-19. These moves, however, disrupted global …

[HTML][HTML] Balancing economic development and environmental responsibility: Perceptions from communities of garimpeiros in the Brazilian Amazon

L Massaro, J Calvimontes, LC Ferreira, M De Theije - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Addressing sustainability in small-scale gold mining (SSGM) can be controversial. In Brazil
there is a heated debate over the sustainable approach in SSGM operations, especially in …

Community resilience, corporate social responsibility and local economic development: the case of coal mining in India

A Kumar, J Gupta, N Das - The Extractive Industries and Society, 2022 - Elsevier
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the mining sector is believed by its proponents to be
a critical element of responsible business practice, providing strategic economic advantages …

Land access rights in minerals' responsible sourcing. The case of cobalt in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

R Deberdt - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Artisanal miners' access to economically and geologically viable lands in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s Copperbelt region is a core limitation to responsible cobalt …