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Most recent news

Welcome to 2022, a year of opportunities for everyone

Jan 11, 2022

Welcome to 2022! We come to this new year with an openness to work collectively towards more sustainable ways of life that benefit us all. We are...

Experiences on the elimination of child labor shared by leaders from Antioquia and South of Bolivar

Dec 16, 2021

Several leaders of civil society organizations from the municipalities of Zaragoza, El Bagre in Antioquia, and San Martín and Barranco de Loba in...

Gina D’Amato: New Executive Director of Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) in its Global Headquarters

Nov 30, 2021

Gina D’Amato took the Executive Direction of ARM in November 2021, with over 15 years of experience in sustainable development. Her management will...

Due Diligence Training for Small-Scale Miners in Honduras

Nov 29, 2021

The new EU Conflict Minerals regulation was enforced in 2021, intending to get gold, tungsten, tin, and tantalum supplies only from responsible...

ASM Due Diligence Certificate Course Finishes in Chocó

Nov 18, 2021

At the beginning of November, with a dialogue of knowledge, the closure of the Certificate Course on ASM Due Diligence, Environmental Governance,...

Due diligence risk management needs through CRAFT and Fairmined

Nov 12, 2021

The best way for mining companies that want to make a difference by giving a seal of responsible conduct and social purpose is to buy minerals from...

Our work

Assisting miners on the ground

We support groups of miners on their path towards sustainability, prioritizing the continuity of projects in territories.

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Standards and Certification systems

We develop and implement sustainability standards tailored to the realities of the sector.

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Responsible gold supply chains and market development

We facilitate efficient and responsible supply chains from artisanal and small-scale mining.

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Governance for sustainable artisanal and small-scale mining

We foster the positioning of responsible artisanal and small-scale mining as a legitimate actor and promote bottom-up decision-making.

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Our impact

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ARM has participated in formalization and improvement initiatives in artisanal and small-scale mining in 15 countries in Latin America and Africa.

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More than 150 mining organizations have received our support. Currently, 8 of them count with the Fairmined Certification.

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1,530,000 USD of Fairmined Premium has been paid to certified mining organizations to invest in their development and community projects.

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News

Experiences on the elimination of child labor shared by leaders from Antioquia and South of Bolivar

Several leaders of civil society organizations from the municipalities of Zaragoza, El Bagre in Antioquia, and San Martín and Barranco de Loba in the South of Bolivar joined the Solidarity Network...

Due Diligence Training for Small-Scale Miners in Honduras

Finaliza el diplomado sobre Debida Diligencia de la MAPE, gobernanza ambiental, equidad de género y construcción de paz , como parte del proyecto Raíces Doradas en Chocó.

ASM Due Diligence Certificate Course Finishes in Chocó

Finaliza el diplomado sobre Debida Diligencia de la MAPE, gobernanza ambiental, equidad de género y construcción de paz , como parte del proyecto Raíces Doradas en Chocó.

Project launched in Burkina Faso to promote human rights in ASM

Overview of the participants at the ProDHu-MAPE project launch ceremony. In September 2021, the consortium composed by the Alliance for Responsible Mining in Burkina, Terre des Hommes, Educo, and...

Mineros La María carries out reforestation day’s labor

300 native tree species were planted in the municipality of San Roque, Antioquia, by miners who are part of the Mineros La María organization, as part of their commitment to the recovery of the...

Press Releases

Welcome to 2022, a year of opportunities for everyone

Welcome to 2022! We come to this new year with an openness to work collectively towards more sustainable ways of life that benefit us all. We are excited and motivated to continue consolidating...

Gina D’Amato: New Executive Director of Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) in its Global Headquarters

Gina D’Amato took the Executive Direction of ARM in November 2021, with over 15 years of experience in sustainable development. Her management will focus on enforcing inclusive and sustainable...

ARM Renews Itself: Learn about the Changes in LATAM and Europe Executive Management

After 15 years of operation, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) has restructured its executive management in Latin America and Europe. Yves Bertran stepped down from his position as Executive...

At the Alliance for Responsible Mining, we speak out to support the rights of artisanal and small-scale miners in Colombia

We call on the Congress and the Government to open an in-depth discussion with ASM organizations that are already formalized or currently in process of formalization, as well as artisanal men and...

New interactive report highlights efforts of small-scale miners in Latin America to formalise

September 30th An alliance of civil society organisations from Latin America and the UK has compiled the stories of a group of artisanal and small-scale miners from Brazil, Colombia and Peru to...

Blog

Due diligence risk management needs through CRAFT and Fairmined

The best way for mining companies that want to make a difference by giving a seal of responsible conduct and social purpose is to buy minerals from artisanal and small-scale mining

An overview of the Covid-19 pandemic effects on artisanal and small-scale mining sector

By: David Guzmán, Mercury and Processing Specialist at ARM March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization acknowledged SARS-CoV-2 (more commonly known as Covid-19) virus transmission as a pandemic....

PREPARING TO SUPPORT A JOURNEY TOWARDS EMPOWERMENT: Movement Building with Women Miners in Antioquia, Colombia

Since June 2020, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and MIT D-Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have been working to develop the project “RISE: Resilient, Inclusive & Sustainable Environments – A challenge to address gender-based violence in the small-scale mining sector”

Economic reactivation in the context of Covid 19, sustainable development, and artisanal and small scale mining

The current situation around the world with Covid 19 has made us look into our own abilities to find alternatives as individuals, State institutions, companies, and organized civil society in order to get out of the crisis and turn unfavorable phenomena on economy, sustainable development, and social dynamics as a whole into opportunities. Such is the case of artisanal and small scale mining.

5 tips to improve reforestation and revegetation processes efficiency to face climate change

Within the potential of ASMs to make a contribution in the global climatic agenda, reforestation processes are of the utmost importance.