Productivity and profitability: Investigating the economic …
3. From 'artisanal' to 'small-scale' gold mining in Kamituga. Prior to 2011, all gold in Kamituga was crushed manually by workers, mainly women known as mamans twangaises, who were busy pounding the pieces of stone 5 from the pits in a mortar or on a large stone. This in turn required significant time and money to transport the stone from …
