April 2021 MI Q MINING & QUARRY WORLD
Small-scale Mining (ASM), which is present in every mining country in the developing world, and in cases like gold, contributes about 20% to world production (Seccatore et al., 2014a), a figure that is quite important, as commented in articles, such as Hilson, 2002; Seccatore et al, 2012, Marin et al. 2016. The ASM sector, lacking resources and