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Photographer Stefano Guindani makes a donation in favor of mercury-free ASM in Colombia
Italian photographer, Stefano Guindani, took a trip to Colombia in October 2022 to see the Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining sector, as part of...
Putting mining communities at the centre: Financial Inclusion in Burkina Faso’s Artisanal Gold Sector
In January 2023, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), in partnership with IMPACT, brought together the country's mining policy makers, supply...
Engagement deepens between mining sites in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and ARM
By: Christophe Hanne – Sustainable Plans Leader Human Rights and Gender StrategyARM continues to work to build trust between the various...
Coexistence Between Small and Large-scale Mining is Possible and Necessary
By: Daniel Acevedo Gómez – ARM Project CoordinatorIn San Roque, Antioquia (Colombia), coexistence between small and large-scale mining is indeed...
Building resilience through savings in gold mining communities in Burkina Faso
Meet Elélé and Juliette Elélé and Juliette are members of an artisanal gold mining community in the Central West region of Burkina Faso. For the...
ASM Progress App: winner of the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge
The ASM Progress App digital platform, created by the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM), was awarded a US$ 50,000 prize after being selected as...
Implementation of Due Diligence, strengthened in Madre de Dios, Peru
Around 30,000 people, who live on artisanal and small-scale mining, inhabit Madre de Dios, a department located in the Peruvian jungle, which ranks...
150 women are trained in Burkina Faso
According to recent data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 1.7 million internally displaced...
ARM shares experiences at the OECD Global Forum on Environment
One of the biggest challenges in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector is the reduction and elimination of mercury, a chemical element that...
ASM makes progress on the path towards formalization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Alliance for Responsible Mining advances the implementation of activities in territory within the framework of the Alliance for the Development...
Golden opportunities: an event to promote an ASM sector free of mercury in the Guyanas
As part of the Mercury Phase-Out project, the event Golden opportunities was carried out in Guyanas to raise awareness on implementing clean...
Green Mining, a project that will create the first mercury-free gold supply chain from the Peruvian Amazon to protect people and the planet
Peru is one of the largest gold producers in the world and, after Brazil, encompasses the largest portion of the Amazon.[1] Artisanal and...
Towards ASM formalisation in Mozambique
With an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 people working in it, the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector in Mozambique is responsible for a...
ASM Progress APP: A Solution to Visualize the Positive Transformation of Small-Scale Mining
ASM progress app is the new online platform of the Alliance for Responsible Mining. It is an innovative proposal with a double purpose: to allow...
ARM makes progress on pre-feasibility studies to support ASM in Brazil
The Alliance for Responsible Mining works to promote sustainable artisanal and small-scale mining and to bring about positive change in the sector...
Fairmined was present at the XVI International Numismatic Congress
The International Numismatic Congress, which takes place every six years, represents the world-renowned event in the field of Numismatics. The event...
Financial inclusion in Andes and Bajo Cauca with banking pilot for miners in collaboration with GDIAM
Banking Pilot Project for Artisanal Miners of Antioquia "Building Trust" Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and the Dialogue Group on Mining...
MAPE Progress App: A Solution to Guarantee the Protection of Human Rights in ASM
The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) participated in the VII Regional Forum on Business and Human Rights for Latin America and the Caribbean....
A Colombian innovation gets to the finals in the Artisanal Mining Grand Challenge: The Amazon
A Colombian innovation gets to the finals in One-million USD Challenge to reduce artisanal and small-scale mining impacts MAPE Progresa App, by...
Creation of a consultation framework for ASM in Burkina Faso
Last Thursday, June 2, 2022, a multi-stakeholder consultation framework for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) was launched in Ouagadougou,...