Interest in small scale mining has been heightened in recent years due to the increasing concern on its environmental impacts. This book aims to delve into the many dimensions of small and medium scale mining and to take stock of the emerging issues. By and large, the contributions relate to issues such as management vis-a-vis small scale mining focusing on environmental, health and safety, social and gender issues. The contributions share world-wide experiences and, collectively, offer a multitude of issues and their solutions relating to small-scale mining which could form the basis of an agenda for action. The volume collates the proceeding of the Global Conference on Small and Medium Scale Mining held in Calcutta, which was convened to direct the spotlight of attention on this vital segment of global mining industry.

• Preface Hi
• SECTION 1: SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE MINING/
• ISSUES MANAGEMENT
• Addressing Social Tensions in Mining: A Framework for Greater 3
• Community Consultation and Participation
• Mamadou Barry
• Small-Scale Mining: Time for Deeds Not Words 9
• Norman S. Jennings
• Strategies for Development of Small/Medium Scale Mines in Africa 17
• Pierre A. TraorG
• An Integrated Participatory Framework for the Exploitation of 25
• Mineral Resources in the Context of Sustainable Development
• —The Case of Namaqualand, South Africa
• Olle Ostensson
• -Policies for Artisanal and Small Scale Mining in the Developing 35
• Worlds A Review of the Last Thirty Years
• John Hollaway
• Gender Issues in Mining — Effects of Retrenchment 43
• Paramita Aich
• Legislative Framework in Indian Mineral Sector and Scope for Its 53
• Improvement vis-a-vis Small Scale Mining
• R.L. Bhatia and S.V. AH
• Cluster-Mining: A Tested Concept for Small Mines . 59
• S.L Chakravorty
• SECTION 2: ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE
• Australian Initiatives for Best Practice Environmental Management 67
• in Small Scale Mining in the Asia-Pacific
• Peter Hancock and Stewart Needham
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• Integrated Environmental Management in Small Scale Mining 81
• — A Bolivian Experience
• Guillermo Cortez
• Environmental and Social Considerations during Abandonment 83
• of Small Scale Underground Mining Operations: Case Study
• of a Copper Mine
• A. Santha Ram and A.N. Bose
• Development of an Algorithm for Integrated Environmental 93
• Management Information System for Small Scale Open
• Cast Mines of Himalayan Region
• A.K. Soni and A. Swarup
• SECTION 3: TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENTS
• Building a Better Sluice Box 111
• Don Stewart
• Equipment Selection for Small to Medium Scale Mines 129
• Prabir Paul, G.C. Mishra and D.K. Panda
• Identification of Technological Problems in Small Scale Mining 141
• in Tanzania; A Move towards Poverty Alleviation
• W. Mutagwaba, A. Mlaki and R. Mwaipopo-Ako
• Birth of Small and Tiny Beneficiation Plant 153
• Shekhar Chakravarty
• Software and Hardware Requirements for Small Scale Mining 161
• Sector
• A. Santha Ram
• SECTION 4: SHARING EXPERIENCE WORLD WIDE
• Prospects and Problems: Small-Scale Gold Mining in Papua 173
• New Guinea and the Philippines
• Don Stewart
• Small Scale Mining and the Environment in Zimbabwe: 185
• The Case of Alluvial Gold Panning and Chromite Mining
• Oliver Maponga
• Small and Medium Scale Mining in Indonesia, History and 213
• Current Activities —1996
• Antony H. Osman
• VII
• Marble Mining in Small Scale Sectors in India — Problems, 225
• Prospects and Suggestions
• A. Bhatnagar and S.K. Mukhopadhyay
• Recent Trends of Dimensional Stone Mining in India 235
• K.U.M. Rao and A. Bhatnagar
• Artisan Mining of Coal in the Garo Hills, Meghalaya 243
• D.K. Jain and A.K. Sural
• SECTION 5: ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE
• Competitive Edge of Minerals from India's Small Scale Mines 255
• in Global Market
• C.S. Jha
• Economics of Small Scale Resources: A Collective Mining Effort 269
• Suman Banerjee, Sayeri Banerjee, Sajal Dasgupta and
• S.M. Chatterjee
• SECTION 6: MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS
• An Insight into Entrepreneur-Employee Relationship in 275
• Small-Scale Mining Activities
• S.M. Mukhopadhyay and J. Bhattacharya
• Modern Education and Training for Small-Medium Scale Mining 283
• Mineral Policy Needs
• M.B. Katz
• Mining Information System (MINIS) and Global Network 289
• Partha Pratim Chaudhuri

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