Mining industry and sustainable development: time for
Artisanal gold mining is estimated to produce some 330 tonnes of gold per year or 12 of official world production Artisanal Gold Council. Governments oscillate between repressing artisanal mining and regulating this activity through buying the gold from artisanal miners World Bank, 2009. The artisanal gold mining in Africa raises several serious social problems, such as child labor, poor

































