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

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

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It also provided security to mining and oil companies.

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

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

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.

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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.

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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.

Mining equipment imports

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

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.

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.

West Africa Mining Corporation agreement

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.

West Africa Mining Corporation backing

Uranium mining and milling operations

Didn't you study mining engineering?

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

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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.

According to surveys of mining sites conducted by UNAMSIL, more than 50 per cent of diamond mining remains unlicensed, and reports indicate that there is still a considerable degree of illegal diamond smuggling.

Mr. Vama opposes the mine on environmental grounds, in particular the discharge of waste into the ocean.

There are also other jobs in which it is forbidden for women to take part ministerial notices and current rules forbid the employment of women in mines, quarries, metal foundries and glass smelters, for instance.

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.

Current patterns of mining activity

The Madrid Protocol prohibits mining.

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.

Diamond Mine

Ores and non ferrous metals

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.

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.

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.

No safety pillars shall be mined without authorization and no dangerous methods, such as water bursting, blasting and breaking through roadways, which may threaten the production safety of adjacent coal mines shall be adopted.

(1) having the legally obtained mining license