1. Artisanal Mining Information System
Prof. Mihir Deb
&
Ms. Garima Tiwari
School of Environment Studies,
University of Delhi, Delhi, India
in association with
CES Technologies Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India
September

2. Objectives
ASM (Artisanal and small scale mining), a growing concern in many developing countries around the globe.
ASM is poverty driven fostering conflict, anarchy, health, safety and environmental hazards and also creating economic issues.
World Bank initiative, CASM (Communities and Small scale Mining) is striving to mitigate ASM’s negative impacts.
CASM’s endevour has been to transcend ASM from threat to opportunity, mainly in terms of:
poverty alleviation
Sustainable livelihood
Environmental protection
Thus AMIS (Artisanal Mining Information System), an IT enabled decision support tool, has been developed to facilitate CASM for monitoring and evaluating these issues.

3. AMIS Overview Application, Accession and Administration Reports
AMIS Core Systems
Reports
Suggestions/Comments
AMIS Support Modules
General Search
Application, Accession and Administration
National Level Data
E-Help
Information on Artisanal Mining
Reporting Module
National Level Project
Database
Scientific Information
Social Issues

4. AMIS Features AMIS is provided with the following features: Login
Information Search (for guest users only)
Administration
National Level Data
Artisanal Mine Site Information
Reports
Suggestions / Comments
General Search
e-Help

5. Login Authorized User Guests User
AMIS is secured with users’ authentication prior to allowing access to the multi-functionalities of the System.
Authorized User
Guests User
Provided with a unique user
Id and password
Do not need any user Id and
password
Includes Super User,
Administrator, Country
Master and Authorized
Users
They have read only access
to information present in
AMIS

6. Login
Authorized User:

7. User Accessibility Matrix (UAM)
User level
Add
Edit
Delete
Search
Super User
Yes
Administrator
Country Master
Yes, Only for his country
Authorized users
Yes, Only the information that he / she had entered No
Guests

8. Information Search Guest users can only view data.
Guest users will have read only access to the following options:
Artisanal Site Master
Legal Status
Important Features/Issues
International Projects
National Projects
Organizations
Stakeholders
Successful Tools
ASM/Metallogenic Provinces
Artisanal Main Information
Academic Paper Published
Mining Site Geology
Social Issues – Main info, Health, Safety & environment and Gender roles
Economic Issues – General Info, trade & finance and General Search

9. Administration This module covers: Country administration
User management
Configuration management
Mineralization Type
Issues
Reports
User Type
Category

10. Administration Country Administration
Super user / Administrator is able to add, edit, view and delete the details of all the countries.
Details include Country ID, Country Name and description.

11. Administration User management
Super user / Administrator / Country Administrator is able to add, edit, view and delete the registration details of users.
Details include User Name, User Password, User Type and Country Name.

12. Administration Configuration
Super User/ Administrator will have the following functionalities.
Add Mineralization Type
Super user / Administrator is able to add, edit, view and delete different types of Mineralization.
Details include Mineralization ID and Mineralization Name.

13. Administration Add Issues
Super user / Administrator is able to add, edit, view and delete different types of issues.
Details include Issue ID and Issue Name.

14. Administration Reports Enables user to view the types of reports.
Supports four type of reports: national level, scientific information, social issues and economic issues.

15. Administration User Type
Enables user to view the types of user levels.
Supports only four types of users namely Authorized (including Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized Users).

16. Administration Add Category
Enables Super user / Administrator to add, view, edit and delete the types of category.
Details include Category ID and Category Name.

17. National Level Data Legal Status International Projects
Covers all such data of ASM in a country as given in the listed modules:
Legal Status
International Projects
National Projects
Organizations
Stakeholders
Successful tools / Strategies
ASM/Metallogenic Provinces
Important Issues

18. National Level Data
Legal Status
Enables Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete the details of legal status.
The key points include:
Country Name
Status ID
Title of Law/Act/Rule
Provision in Law
Difficulty in the enforcement

19. National Level Data

20. National Level Data International Projects
Information about international projects regarding artisanal mining issues, (either environmental or socio-economic), in which your country is involved.
The Key points include:
Country Name
International Project ID
Project Title
Team Leader Name
Period
Archive Site of Project Report
Project Report

21. National Level Data

22. National Level Data National Projects
Information about national projects regarding Artisanal mining issues (either environmental or socio-economic).
The key points include:
Country Name
National Project ID
Project Title
Team Leader Name
Period
Project Report
Archive Site of Project Report

23. National Level Data

24. National Level Data Organizations
Information about the organizations in your country, which are responsible or associated with ASM.
The key points include:
Organization ID
Country Name
Organization Name
Category
Address
Telephone Number

25. National Level Data

26. National Level Data Stakeholders
If the mining activity is being conducted in an organized manner the nature of the co-operation scheme between the various stakeholders has to be described in this entry.
The key points include:
Stakeholder ID,
Country Name,
Stakeholder Name and
Description

27. National Level Data Successful tools / Strategies
Describes successful tools or schemes in handling and alleviating peculiar problems related to artisanal mining.
The key points include:
Tool ID
Country Name
Tool Name
Description
Tools Visualized

28. National Level Data

29. National Level Data ASM/Metallogenic Provinces
Details about various provinces or areas where the artisanal mining is active and hence can be identified from the geologic point of view. General info of a country can also be shown here
The key points include:
ASM/Metallogenic Provinces ID
Country Name
ASM/Metallogenic Provinces Name
Description
ASM/Metallogenic Provinces Visualized

30. National Level Data

31. National Level Data Important Featurs/Issues
Issues that we would like to bring to the notice of the law/policy making bodies, or various governmental or non-governmental bodies .
The key points include:
Issue ID
Country Name
Issue Name
Description
Issue Visualized

32. National Level Data

33. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Provides the data of Artisanal Mining Sites.
Covers the following modules:
Artisanal Mine Sites
Scientific Information of ASM Site
Social Issues
Economic Issues
Academic Papers Published

34. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Artisanal Mine Sites
Enables Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete the details of the mining site (Scientific Information, Social Issues, Economic Issues).
The key points include:
Site ID
Country Name
Site Name
Description
Source.

35. Artisanal Mine Site Information

36. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Scientific Information of ASM Site
Mining Site Geology
The information on general geology of the area and images in “jpeg” format can be attached.
The key points include:
Country Name
Mining Site Name
Geology Description
Geology Images

37. Artisanal Mine Site Information

38. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Scientific Information of ASM Site
Enables Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete scientific data of each site.
The key points include:
Country Name and Mining Site Name
Type & Nature of Mineralization
Metallogenic Provinces
Target Material/Element and Common Place
Refining Technology, Mining Technology and Processing Methods
Health Issues Concerned
Name of Mineral Deposit
Environmental Degradation, Hazards and Mineral Composition of Ore.

39. Artisanal Mine Site Information

40. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Social Issues
Social Issues of ASM site
Enables Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete the details of social issues of ASM site.
The key points include:
Country Name and Mining Site Name,
Metallogenic Provinces
No. of Artisanal Mines
App. Ratio of Child and App. Ratio of Women,
Indigenous Issues
Relationship b/w Mining Company and Mining Site
Experience in Trust/Consensus building b/w Stakeholders
General Info. and Documents.

41. Artisanal Mine Site Information

42. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Health, Safety and environment
Enables Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete Health, Safety and environment details under the social issues of ASM site.
Details include Country Name, Mining Site Name, Metallogenic Provinces and Health, safety and environment.

43. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Gender Roles
Enables the Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete Gender Roles under social issues of the site.
The key points include Country Name, Mining Site Name, Metallogenic Provinces and Gender Roles of social issues.

44. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Economic Issues
General Info
Enables Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete General Info of Economic issues of ASM site.
Details include Country Name, Mining Site Name, Metallogenic Provinces and General info.

45. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Trade and Finance
Enables Super User, Administrator, Country Master and Authorized User to add, view, edit and delete Trade and Finance Info of Economic issues of ASM site.
Details include Country Name, Mining Site Name, Metallogenic Provinces and Trade and Finance info of Economic issues.

46. Artisanal Mine Site Information
Academic Papers Published
Provides details of references on any published material related to ASM.
The key points include:
Country Name and Mining Site Name
Academic Title ID
Title and Authors
Name of Journal
Volume and Page Numbers
Upload Document File and Download File

47. Artisanal Mine Site Information

48. Reports
Users can view the reports in PDF format for any of the following:
National Level Report
Scientific Information
Social Issues

49. Suggestions / Comments
Using the Suggestions / Comments link
User can give his / her suggestions about the application by selecting the topic from the list.
User must also provide his / her id.

50. General Search Contains all data related to sites.
Enables user to view important data at a glance.

51. e-Help
Users are provided with an e-help which is developed using HTML.
e-Help is provided on all forms of the system.
Users are provided with following links:
How to Access
View Records
Navigate Records
Add Records
Edit Records
Delete Records

52. Impact
This Artisanal Mining Information System will allow interested people to develop a clear perception of ASM activities in different countries in different continents, accessing all the information over the web.
The AMIS will help World Bodies and Governments to view the ASM activities from the database towards augmenting a decision support mechanism to control, develop and mitigate the negative impacts of such activities in different parts of the world.

53. Thank You