Spatial distribution of mineral deposits extracted by artisanal and small-scale mining in African Great Lakes Region

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://geografia.science.upjs.sk/images/geographia_cassoviensis/articles/GC-2019-13-1/05_Machacek_Smolova.pdf" target="_blank" >https://geografia.science.upjs.sk/images/geographia_cassoviensis/articles/GC-2019-13-1/05_Machacek_Smolova.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33542/GC2019-1-01" target="_blank" >10.33542/GC2019-1-01</a>

Result language

čeština

Original language name

Prostorové rozložení nerostných surovin těžených artisanální těžbou v oblasti východoafrických velkých jezer

Original language description

The East African Great Lakes Region is an area rich in rare mineral resources and thus represents a great economic potential. Mineral mining in Great Lakes Region is proceeding in a specific way which is known as artisanal and small-scale mining. This mining with no mechanization is mostly expanding in developing countries. In these areas mining represents one of the main sources of income for the local population and creates one of the main pillars of economic development. This paper presents the artisanal and small-scale mining and spatial distribution of mineral deposits in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda where rare minerals are extracted. The aim of this article is to introduce artisanal and small-scale mining to Central Europe discussion where this topic is relatively neglected. Minerals which are extracted by artisanal and small-scale mining are used in electro-technical industry, i.e. mobile phones, computers, tablets, automobiles, aircrafts and other technical products manufacturing, the extracted minerals become significant and direct part of our everyday life.

Czech name

Prostorové rozložení nerostných surovin těžených artisanální těžbou v oblasti východoafrických velkých jezer

Czech description

The East African Great Lakes Region is an area rich in rare mineral resources and thus represents a great economic potential. Mineral mining in Great Lakes Region is proceeding in a specific way which is known as artisanal and small-scale mining. This mining with no mechanization is mostly expanding in developing countries. In these areas mining represents one of the main sources of income for the local population and creates one of the main pillars of economic development. This paper presents the artisanal and small-scale mining and spatial distribution of mineral deposits in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda where rare minerals are extracted. The aim of this article is to introduce artisanal and small-scale mining to Central Europe discussion where this topic is relatively neglected. Minerals which are extracted by artisanal and small-scale mining are used in electro-technical industry, i.e. mobile phones, computers, tablets, automobiles, aircrafts and other technical products manufacturing, the extracted minerals become significant and direct part of our everyday life.

Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

—

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Geographia Cassoviensis

ISSN

2454-0005

e-ISSN

—

Volume of the periodical

13

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

SK - SLOVAKIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

68-82

UT code for WoS article

000474536400005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85072949079