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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,...
Experiences on ASM formalization and networking shared by women miners from 5 Latin American countries
La Paz, Bolivia - June 2022 From June 1 to 3, 2022, women miners from Bolivia, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia participated in the event...
First National Dialogue in Honduras for ASM Formalization
In May 2022, in Tegucigalpa, the first National Dialogue on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining took place within the framework of the new national...
ARM provides more tools for artisanal miners in Burkina Faso
In its mission to support and promote good practices in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sub-sector, the Alliance for Responsible Mining...
An Event for Strengthening Gold Supply Chains in Colombia’s Mining Communities
The closure of the Raíces Doradas Project gathered over 50 attendants around a dialog on the challenges and opportunities of the artisanal mining...
ARM will participate in the 15th OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains 2022
Consult and register to the OECD Forum events where the Alliance for Responsible Mining and its partners will participate. The 15th Forum on...
First convention of women gold miners in Colombia
More than 45 women from Antioquia, Caldas, and Huila, departments of Colombia, met to share their challenges in their work as artisanal women...
Financial modeling tool applied on artisanal gold mining is released
Models allow users to integrate fiscal regimes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras and Peru, for comparative purposes. Additionally, they...
The second cycle of intercultural dialogue in the mining context begins
The Second Cycle of Intercultural Dialogue in the Mining Context, a space to analyze and discuss the current situation and challenges related to...
52 groups of artisanal miners from Choco exported 33 kilos of gold to Switzerland within the framework of Golden Roots Project
This milestone was accomplished thanks to the pilot implementation of the Harmonized Due Diligence Tool, which integrates the CRAFT Code and the...
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...
Due Diligence Training for Small-Scale Miners in Honduras
The new EU Conflict Minerals regulation was enforced in 2021, intending to get gold, tungsten, tin, and tantalum supplies only from responsible...