Mining in Asia

In order to effectively address the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) problems for the miners in Asia, 11 countries discussed this issue in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

The lack of regulation of Small-Scale Mining (SSM) results in OSH problems and child labor.

The government offers a policy called ‘Fitness for Work’ which require companies be responsible for the health of miners.

Therefore, the Council decided to hold a two-day seminar in the Asian area to outline good practices for safe mining.

SSM provides a number of career opportunities for women and children who lack of educated and unskilled, most of them live in rural areas and undergo poverty.

The recent ILO’s global report confirms that there are estimated 127.3 million economically active children age from 5 to 14 in Asia.

[6] Children are deprived of their childhood and education by child labour and exposed to occupational hazards related to working conditions in SSM.

The soil, water and the air were polluted by heavy metal, such as mercury due to environmental hazards.

On Friday, June 10, the annual meeting of the International Labour Organization held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mining produces a lot of chemicals, causing serious pollution to air, soil and water resources.

Large amounts of dust and toxic gas are emitted after blasting, such as carbon monoxide, methane and sulfur dioxide.

In general, the main problem is that the sources of air pollution are generated during the coal combustion and conversion phases.

The nearby fishermen lost a lot of money and more than 4 million pounds of fish were killed by toxic.

At the same time, the government issued a notice and mobilized local villagers to help salvage the toxic fish from the rivers.

The accumulated chemicals eventually form a variety of toxins hat harm human health.

According to the industrial and commercial bureau investigation, some rice was found to contain excessive levels of heavy metals.

According to the study, more than 2/3 of the cultivated land is polluted, and 82.8% of the soil samples contain nickel, lead, arsenic, copper, mercury, chromium, zinc and cadmium.

[14] Mineral sector and sustainable development need to be considered from four aspects: society, economy, environment and management, which as a new framework.

[18] Partly estimated, the number of people who dependent on mining industry as their main source of income approximately 300 million.

As an important economic activity in the world, mineral production accounts for at least 25% of commodity exports in 34 countries.