Table of Contents
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
