An opportunity for artisanal and small scale mining

On the 2nd and 3rd of May 2012, the OECD Forum on implementation of Due Diligence in the gold supply chain takes place in Paris. The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) is participating with the objective of bringing its knowledge of artisanal and small scale mining...

Fairtrade and Fairmined Gold celebrates first birthday and moves into Africa

The world’s first independent ethical certification system for responsibly mined gold – Fairtrade and Fairmined gold – celebrates its first anniversary this Fairtrade Fortnight (27 Feb – 11 March). Highlights for Fairtrade and Fairmined gold jewellery’s first year...

Alliance for responsible mining (ARM) and responsible jewellery Council (RJC) announce their collaboration towards better Social, environmental, labour and business practices in artisanal And small scale mining.

The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and the Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) today announced they had agreed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work cooperatively on advancing their shared objectives. These objectives include: improving social,...