141
The number of miners, both individuals and cooperatives, is expected to increase
up to 4000 miners over the next 2 years. SSM currently employs approximately
35,000 people and contributes to $US 20 million to the national royalty system
(Ministry of Mining and Metallurgy of Bolivia 2015). SSM exports reached 650
million in 2017. Miners produce an average volume of 300 gross tons of ore per
month (Ministerio de Minas) (Table 10.2).
Table 10.1 Regional mining
chambers and number of
small-scale miners
(Autoridad Juridica y
Administrativa Minera
(AJAM) (2015)
Description
Number of
small-scale miners
Potosi Regional Chamber
729
South Chichas Regional Chamber
561
Uyuni Regional Chamber
129
North of Potosi Regional Chamber 118
La Paz Regional Chamber
945
Oruro Regional Chamber
471
Cochabamba Regional Chamber
181
Chuquisaca Regional Chamber
159
Santa Cruz Regional Chamber
386
Tarija Regional Chamber
31
Beni Regional Chamber
35
Regional Chamber Pando
2
Total small-scale miners
3757
Table 10.2 Mining exports.
Based on data from
Ministerio de Minas y
Metalurgia de Bolivia
Mineral/metal
MTF (multilateral trading facility)
Zinc
80,000
Tin
80
Gold
3
Silver
90
Antimony
450
Lead
22,000
Wolfram
86
Copper
2216
Iron
1,760,000
Manganese
718,660
Ulexite
146, 953, 923
Boric acid
14,985,462
Salt
2,261,845
Arsenic trioxide 120,000
Baritone
30,476,000
Amethyst
182,424
Ametrine
1751
Tantalite
46,558
Others
9,000,000
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