Mining and quarrying

Mining and quarrying

In 2002, the sector has continued to show a declining trend both for diamond production as well as mining and quarrying.

The oil, gas and mining companies constituting the extractive industry have a significant impact on the enjoyment of human rights.

The Government continued to implement measures to reassert its control over diamond mining through the issuance of more mining licences.

It also provided security to mining and oil companies.

Secondary sector Mining and quarrying, manufacturing, electricity, gas and water, and construction.

1. Underground, in mines or quarries, or in construction activities involving manual labour and

The embargo on the export of diamonds from Liberia is rapidly becoming ineffective, as miners dig with a flagrant disregard for national or United Nations authority.

More than 50 per cent of diamond mining activities in the country are still unlicensed.

Brazilian firms have been investing mostly in primary industries such as energy and mining, led by Petrobras in oil and energy (UNCTAD 2004a).

In December 2004, the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy began surveillance of diamond mining areas and discovered evidence of illegal diamond mining in Lofa, Nimba and Grand Gedeh Counties.

Manganese, coal, gold, oil, atomic minerals and other assets at risk of foreign exploitation.

The Procurement Goldmine

Mining Activities

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And the metals, we typically get from ore that we mine in ever widening mines and ever deepening mines around the world.

Capacity Building in Planning, Negotiating and Management for Exploitation of Oil and Mineral Resources in Mauritania.

13. The average wage was higher in the goods producing sectors ( Arg 912), with the highest wages in mining and quarrying and electricity, gas and water.

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Ores and non ferrous metals

The WAMCO agreement, as well as deals concerning iron ore and scrap metal, which are outlined elsewhere in the present report, have had a significant negative impact on the credibility of the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy.

In addition, diamond mining rights and boundaries continue to be a major source of disputes among chiefdoms.

It's not even mining.

Among these, mention is made of tasks in mining, slaughtering and butchering of animals, oil and gas exploration, steel making, foundry work and forging and waste collection in the Antarctic or the islands of the South Atlantic, etc.

The Mining Decree of 1986 is being revised and a new investment law is in the works that will facilitate increased investment in the gold and diamond mining industry.

Mining equipment imports

The damage to the reputation of the Ministry of Lands, Mines and Energy, in the light of the WAMCO agreement as well as other dealings in iron ore and scrap metal, is likely to take a considerable period of time to repair.

Mining results in the movement of an estimated 28 billion tonnes of soil and rock per year, causing erosion, siltation of waterways and metal contamination.

There have been a number of excellent initiatives by the Ministry of Environment to stop environmental degradation and to start resolving the problems in a number of environmentally sensitive areas, notably exploitation and rehabilitation of quarries, solid waste management and air pollution.

This remarkable growth is linked to increased Government control over diamond mining through the implementation of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and related measures taken by the Government.

As people move into mining areas in numbers to dig for diamonds, the potential for conflict over claims, property and production is likely to grow.

West Africa Mining Corporation agreement

Box 7 Mining led diversification and local communities

Violations cited were particularly prevalent in the mining and oil exploration sectors.

45. In November 1996, the Government placed a 12 page advertisement in the industry leading Mining Journal intended to promote investment in the mining sector.

In July and August, following the discovery of diamond deposits in Sanquin District, Sinoe County, some 20,000 people moved into the area, where they started illegal alluvial diamond mining activities.

West Africa Mining Corporation backing

Uranium mining and milling operations

Didn't you study mining engineering?

Artisanal diamond mining activities are increasing in several areas such as in the Sanquin District, Sinoe County, resulting in security and public health risks, while uncontrolled mining is causing considerable environmental damage.

In this context, a study on the issue of extractive industries and the human rights impacts of mining was proposed.

Of the 2,300 companies involved in the Global Compact, 60 were from the oil and gas sector and 62 from mining and metals.

It is understood that Chongqing currently owns 18 shale gas exploration rights established by Ministry of Land and Resources as the first domestic shale gas mining rights the Sinopec Fuling shale gas field.

In consequence, people are moving back into mining areas in numbers, miners are digging at will with no fear of interference from the authorities, and the level of mining activity has increased significantly over the past few months.