Irrespective of the commercial mining by these companies, a chunk of the local population is involved in small scale quarrying. Stone quarrying provides opportunities to the people of Buoho in ...
Pakur in Jharkhand is a classic example of large scale quarrying, whereas, the western part of West Bengal is still characterized with small scale stone quarrying. Till the end of 70s of the last century, agriculture was the prime source of livelihood to the large proportion of the population of Saltora C.D. Block.
This questioner is prepared to assess the impacts of stone quarrying on environment and livelihood of local community in Addis Ababa the case of NifasSilcLafto Sub city. The …
The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions ...
quarrying: surface and underground. In an underground operation, the participa-tion of women workers is essentially restricted by international regulations that 25 Not a Small Job: Stone Quarrying and
THE RISK OF PULMONARY DISEASE AND OTHER HEALTH HAZARDS AMONG SMALL SCALE STONE QUARRY WORKERS: A STUDY AT MIOTSO IN THE NINGO - PRAMPRAM DISTRICT OF GHANA ... Rock and stone quarrying is a global ...
Assessment of Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of Stone quarrying i Impacts of Stone Quarrying on Environment and Livelihood of Local Community in Addis Ababa Peri-Urban Areas: ... MSEs Micro and Small-scale Enterprises NEC National Environment Commission NREC Natural Resources and Environment Committee (National Council) ...
Dimension stone is one of the most sustainable materials used in construction, cladding, paving and other applications. Dating back to the Moai statues on Easter Island, its popularity is now rising again …
In a large-scale operation, the first stage in production is to loosen individual blocks that may contain thousands of cubic meters of material, from quarry benches 10 …
The studies focused on the small scale hand crushers in the stone quarrying business totally ignoring the mechanized stone quarry operators whose value chain can equally benefit from the policy recommendations of these baseline assessments. ... Admittedly the stone quarrying industry in Uganda is poorly documented but not severely …
Further the operations in stone quarrying, whether small or large-scale, are inherently disruptive to the environment, producing enormous quantities of waste that can ... Thus [9,14] have identified that small-scale stone extraction in rural areas is a major source of livelihood in spite of the dangers it poses to the
Stone quarrying is one of the key extractive economic activities in the Ashanti Region, supplying the bulk of stone of varying aggregates to the construction industry within the …
Published in the Small Enterprises Development journal, the paper aptly situates quarrying of artisanal dimension stone in Nairobi in the context of small enterprises that contribute to employment ...
These factors acting in tandem could jeopardise the food security situation in the study area. 2.2.4 Quarrying and health outcome Quarrying activities in Buoho have negative effects on the health of the people living in and …
The production of building stones shown an exponential growth in last decades as consequences of the demand and developments in the extraction and processing techniques. From the several conditioning factors affecting this industry, the geological constrains at quarry scale stands out as one of most important. Globalization …
Stone quarrying is a form of land use method concerned with the extraction of non-fuel and non-metal minerals from rocks. Using the qualitative model, …
This was the greatest impetus behind the large agglomeration of small stone quarrying operations or khadans in Rajmahal Traps – an occurrence unparalleled not only in eastern India but in the entire country. ... Artisanal and small-scale mining in India, Report submitted to the MMSD, IIED and World Business Council for Sustainable Development ...
Conversely, a small-scale quarry may have a very limited output, produce raw blocks weighing 5–10 t, and have a lower bench height that is suited to available production technology. ... No matter what type of rock quarry you are operating in, we know the methods of quarrying stone and the quarrying process. We have the right quarry …
Table 2: Socio-economic impact assessment of stone quarrying in Tororo district Response Benefits Employment opportunities Standard of living enhancement Revenue generation for local government Social amenities Small scale trade Costs Labour competition Accidents at quarry sites Child labour and school dropouts Escalation of HIV …
In Kenya the artisanal stone quarrying industry has grown rapidly in recent years, employing many, but also having adverse effects upon the environment in terms of the low recovery rate of usable stone, hence large amounts of waste, and the lack of rehabilitation of quarries after use. Alternative ways of addressing these concerns, whilst …
According to the data published in 2021 by Montani, from the total 318 million tons of gross quarrying from dimension stone quarries, during the quarry stage, about 163 million tons, or in other ...
The Effects of Small-scale Stone Quarrying on Poverty Reduction among Youths in Zamfara State, Nigeria. A Targba, U Dajo. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology 39 (3), 75-84, 2021. 2021: Population explosion and food security in Nigeria. A Targba.
The paper examined the effects of small-scale stone quarrying on poverty reduction among youths in Zamfara State. The paper is based on the argument that small-scale stone quarrying has the potentials to reduce poverty in low income settings.
Small-Scale Stone Quarrying: Its Contribution to …
WEBBased on the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, findings revealed that small scale stone …
DRAFT REPORT STATE-OF-THE-ART: ORNAMENTAL STONE QUARRYING IN EUROPE Nicos Arvantides Tom Heldal 1 OSNET quarrying sector Nicos Arvantides Institute of Geology and Mineral exploration (IGME) 1. ... Several prototypes of the system have been manufactured and tested with small-scale blocks in the laboratory and full …
Mining - Strip, Open-Pit, Quarrying: It has been estimated that more than two-thirds of the world's yearly mineral production is extracted by surface mining. There are several types of surface mining, but the three most common are open-pit mining, strip mining, and quarrying. These differ from one another in the mine geometries created, …
The study aimed at assessing the environmental and socio-economic impact of stone quarrying in Tororo district. To achieve this, we used questionnaires, interviews and focused group discussions, where the information obtained was confirmed by field observations. The data was analysed using simple descriptive statistics like …
Based on the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework, findings revealed that small scale stone quarrying was both a poverty and market driven activity; that was enhanced by political stability and rural-urban population increase. Informal stone extraction however, was prone to human and economic shocks …
that it generates, the quarrying industry is a major source of raw materials for building and other constructional works. At Buoho, stone quarrying provides varying economic benefits to the local economy. Although only a few stone quarrying companies operate there, majority of the local people depend on it albeit small-scale as a
The main purpose of small-scale optimization, that is implemented in the quarry bench being excavated, is to optimize the excavation pattern of the face to maximize the value of the blocks. ... Life cycle inventory of techniques for stone quarrying, cutting and finishing: Contribution to fill data gaps. J Clean Prod 225:684–696. https://doi ...