The government of Ethiopia has been producing gold since the late 1930s as a state-owned gold mine. Since 1997, the state-owned Guji zone gold mining has been privatized by the MIDROC PLC gold company. ... In line with the seriousness of the environmental problems resulting from gold mining, local communities were eager to …

Ethiopia has suspended a mining licence for MIDROC Gold, company owned by Saudi billionaire Mohammed al-Amoudi, after more than a week of sometimes violent protests in a town near the mine ...

1000 Kg of gold is purchased from the local miners and dealers by the National bank of Ethiopia that in turn increases in generation of foreign currency. Soda ash is being …

Gold mining is one of the most destructive industries in the world. It can displace communities, contaminate drinking water, hurt workers, and destroy pristine environments. It pollutes water and land with mercury and cyanide, endangering the health of people and ecosystems. Producing gold for one wedding ring alone generates 20 tons of waste.

Midroc Gold, the mining firm that has operated the Lega Dembi mine since 1997, had also authorized a study that examined the mine's environmental problems before their mining license renewal in 2018. The government's investigation found that the area surrounding Shakiso accounts for "the highest rate of birth defects in Ethiopia ...

Cognizant of the potential role of artisanal mining in Ethiopia's economy, the government has given special attention to the development of this sub-sector. However, this task requires the cooperation of other stakeholders as mining activities raise a number of issues related to gender, environment, health and other aspects of governance.

In the year 2008 Ethiopia was ranked the 9th producer of gold in Africa, accounted for 4% globally and 5th largest from Africa for tantalum production. Ethiopia has earned US$618 million from mineral exports in the year 2011 and 2012 with the intent to increase this revenue to US$1.5 billion by the year 2024.

The mining industry is a sector with significant potential for the economy. Ethiopia's virtually untapped, diverse and vast mineral resources offer huge potential opportunities for exploration and development. These include tantalum, potash, gemstones, gold, iron ore and various industrial, energy and construction minerals, and many more.

The study finds that most gold miners are individual miners (64%), with limited education and significant migration. Technological challenges persist, with only 33% using modern …

Maintaining Mutual Benefits between Investor and Local Community: Mechanisms to Reopen Lega Dambi Gold Mining, Ethiopia. ... 14-21 In this section, data concerning mining problems in the study area is presented. As it is show in Table 1, the main problems related to mining practice includes: opal cracking due to traditional mining …

Gold, gemstones (diamonds and sapphires), and industrial International Journal of Mining Science (IJMS) Page | 38 Assessment for Artisanal Gold Mining Impacts on Vegetation Ecology at Shire Districts, Tigray …

NMiC is one among several mining companies that the Ministry has granted concession rights to, such as Nyota Minerals (Ethiopia) Ltd and Sheba Exploration Ltd. The latest discovery will give NMiC the competitive edge in the mining industry, when it begins exploiting the 568,000kg gold reserves found in Dawa, Oromia, and Werri, Tigray, …

Legal artisanal and small-scale mining contributed US$224 million to the Kenyan economy in 2022, representing over half of the country's mining output. The sector employs roughly 250 000 miners ...

The sector is dominated by artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), which employs more than 1.2 million people from rural communities and urban youth. The main objective of this scoping study is to identify and isolate issues that need to be studied more comprehensively and that could lead to a markedly improved impact on the economy.

Field observations show the current status and highlight the issues of environmental problems due to illegal gold mining and this study also suggests some remedial measures to protect the environment by government agencies. ... Ethiopia, Artisanal Mining, Plant, Ecological Impacts, Conservation 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Background of the Study The ...

Mega Mining Ltd is a company established recently in 2022 at Addis Ababa Ethiopia by having a vision of exploration and Mining of different Industrial Metals and ornamental minerals like Gold, Lithium and Pegmatite related REEs. Mega Mining Ltd is, since its establishment, operating three projects in two regional states of Ethiopia focusing ...

The company running the mine, MIDROC Gold Mine, is the largest private gold mining company in Ethiopia. Although the protest was coercively crushed after the government military killed four protestors and injured twelve individuals, the popular discontent prompted the government to suspend the renewal of the license and close …

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Besides, mining plays a pivotal role in the economy and has been central to the socioeconomic development strategies (Hailemariam et al., 2015; Mining Journal-Ethiopia, 2011;Ministry of Mining and ...

delineation problems; mining is the backbone of the miners' livelihood and it is a difficult and risky occupation with no guarantee of quick returns; artisanal mining communities seemed disadvantaged in physical infrastructure facilities compared to other non-mining

The mining sector in Ethiopia, in general, is a part of the economy which has not been harnessed. Large scale and small mining alike are underdeveloped. The share of this industry in GDP remained less than one percent in recent years. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) is a sector where more than 1.2

The Ethiopian government suspended the Lega Dembi industrial gold mine's license in May 2018 following protests over pollution and its health impacts. Scientific studies initiated in 2018 found ...

gold had been mined through traditional means. 14 Though gold has been the. most explored and developed type of mineral in Ethiopia, the country is also. rich with other mineral resources ...

Upon the completion of the construction of its plant, involving an investment of over $17.8 million in 2017, the company emerged as Ethiopia's second-large scale …

Foreign nationals who were found engaging in illegal gold mining and extraction practices at the Shakiso extraction site in Oromia region have been arrested, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) says. ... increasing the price of gold in the local market won't bring any change unless a coordinated effort is made to solve issues with illegal ...

• Give mining communities better access to legal representation to defend their rights. We therefore strongly recommend rethinking the relationships among the mining companies and national, regional, and local governments to create more government-directed and accountable long-term development plans to better utilize and invest mining proceeds.

The issues related to Mining 6.1 Environmental issues In Ethiopia there is no abandoned or orphaned mine due to large scale operations that the rehabilitation cost be as such big. However, the history of gold mining …

Tulu Kapi has an ore reserve estimate of 15.4-million tonnes at 2.1 g/t gold for 1.1-million ounces of gold. Openpit gold production is estimated at 140 000 oz/y over a seven-year mine life. Total ...

We conducted a baseline study in collaboration with the Ministry of Mines focused on artisanal and small-scale gold miners in intervention and control woredas to …