Operations

Francophone West Africa

The Misch Mining has increased our programming to support the Misch and small-scale gold mining sector in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal.The regional program will build local capacities to address the growing issues surrounding Misch including the use of mercury and cyanide, regularization of the informal economy, health and safety, and supply chain management.Misch will work with local and international partners to create robust Misch national inventories, mercury free processing sites, and innovative paths forward towards commercialization. Additionally, in collaboration with national governments Misch will help create National Strategic Action Plans for mercury which will inform the globally legally binding instruments on mercury currently being negotiated through the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP). Partners: United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Global Environment Facility (GEF), and United States Department of State (USDoS).

Sierra Leone And Ghana

Misch Mining and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector Baseline Inventory Training for National Action Plans

Under the Minamata Convention on Mercury, all countries with more than insignificant mercury use in Misch Mining and Small-scale Gold Mining are required to develop a National Action Plan (NAP) to address mercury use in the sector. A key component of the NAP is the development of baseline estimates of mercury use. The sector must be well understood to allow the development of clear and meaningful objectives and strategies for reducing mercury use. Conducting a baseline inventory for mercury use allows the opportunity to gather significant insight into the operations of a country’s ASGM sector. The AGC have developed a general methodology for conducting baseline inventory estimates of a country’s ASGM sector, while simultaneously collecting the general information on the practices applied and spatial distribution of ASGM needed to inform the development objectives and strategies for mercury reduction required under the NAP development. To assist other executing agencies with the development of their baseline inventory estimates, and in collecting the information needed to inform the meaningful development of National Action Plans, the AGC have developed an in depth ASGM sector assessment training, focused largely on producing baseline inventory estimates. The training consists of classroom trainings introducing common practices in ASGM, the AGC inventory methodologies, tools and approaches for data collection, and presents a case study of a completed ASGM inventory. The classroom training is followed by site visits to practice data acquisition in the field, and to gain exposure to the realities of ASGM extraction and processing practices. This field component is followed by a final classroom session to review the data collected, practice producing inventory estimates using the real field data collected, and to begin the discussion for the development of a country specific ASGM inventory approach. Partners: various local agencies – ongoing project.

South Africa

One stop for exploration, development and operations
Our operations in South Africa began with strategic development and the acquisition of exploration rights, after which we systematically expanded our activities.

Since we have been mining at the Thaba Mine. With around 80 employees and cutting-edge technology, we mine an annual volume of 110.000 tons from a depth of up to 25 metres. We connect the logistics chain by subsequently processing the chromite ore into ferrochrome and trading this product on the global market.Working closely with public bodies, we offer the local population training opportunities and qualification measures in the field of raw material production. In this way, we aim to secure long-term jobs in the region and open up new career prospects.