Sentence examples for small scale mining from inspiring English sources

The negative impacts on the community since the inception of the small scale mining activities were rapid loss of farm lands, water and soil pollution, and problems of managing the mine wastes (Taiwo and Awomeso 2017).

Small scale mining of the deep sea floor is being developed off the coast of Papua New Guinea using robotic techniques, but the obstacles are formidable.

23% of Ghana's gold exports come from small-scale mining.

But 23% of Ghana's gold production is from small-scale mining.

"Illegal mining is a blot on the image of all small-scale mining.

A hundred million people worldwide rely on some form of small-scale mining.

The law forbids non-citizens from engaging in small-scale mining.

Some estimates calculate that 95% of all small-scale mining in Ghana is illegal.

The Peruvian government has been trying to "formalize" small-scale mining for at least a decade.

The small-scale mining of feldspar, feldspar sand, and kaolin clay ceased by 1990.

"But we have a situation in Ghana now where there is more illegal small-scale mining than there is legal.