Technology, capital, and sustainability: Frontiers in just transitions for African mining

Oliver Daniel Tomassi and Abel Alfred Kinyondo

Resources Policy, 2024, vol. 98, issue C

Abstract: Transitions towards sustainability are crucial in the natural resource sector in Africa, particularly in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). This sector is notably characterized by the extensive use of mercury for gold extraction, which poses significant risks to both human health and ecosystems. This study focuses on Tanzania, where international incentives to reduce mercury have led the state to promote alternative methods and scale up production primarily through cyanide leaching—a more mechanized gold extraction technique.

Keywords: Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM); Mercury-cyanide transitions; Global South; Tanzania; Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2024.105348

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