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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...
ASM Due Diligence Certificate Course Finishes in Chocó
At the beginning of November, with a dialogue of knowledge, the closure of the Certificate Course on ASM Due Diligence, Environmental Governance,...
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...
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...
Cycle of Dialogue on Mining in Ethnic Territories Begins
On October 5, the first virtual session was held in the context of ancestral mining, which is part of the first cycle on mining in ethnic...
ASM Due Diligence, environmental governance, gender equity and peace building certificate course begins in Choco
An 80 percent of the Certificate course participants belong to the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining – ASM sector. 19 women are part of the...
ARM accompanies mining organizations in Madre de Dios, Peru, on their path towards responsible mining
Together with the NGO Pure Earth, the Alliance for Responsible Mining visited four mining organizations in the department of Madre de Dios in Peru...
Addressing security and human rights risks in the Colombian ASM sector
Together with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) has carried out a multi-year...
Minas y Cuevas: Pioneering ASM in Honduras
“Being a miner means a lot to me because my children’s health, education and family depend on it”, says Nery Marquez, a miner at the Honduran Minas...
ARM collaborates in a Project to improve ASM conditions in Bolivia
The Alliance for Responsible Mining participated in the design of the Project “Global Opportunities for Long-term Development of Artisanal and Small...
GIA Grant Provides Opportunity for Reducing Mercury Use in Gold ASM
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has awarded a $50,000 grant to Mercury Free Mining (MFM) and the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) to...
ARM and BetterChain collaborate towards ASM data digitization and a common framework of assessment and reporting
Building an information management system for artisanal and small-scale miners and program implementers to facilitate continuous improvement,...
Guianas: Mercury Phase-Out Project moves forward
Since last March, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) continues the development of the Mercury Phase-Out Project in Guianas (Guiana, Suriname...
Honduras: Land of Shining Gold, A Pilot Project from the Sustainable Mines Program
Honduras: Land of Shining Gold is the Project developed in this Central American country since January 2021, aiming to strengthen labor conditions...
ARM present at the OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains
Between April 27 and 28, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held the 14th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains....