Positions

March 7, 2019

ARM’s positions Positions that affect artisanal and small-scale mining globally Mercury We believe all efforts aimed at progressively reducing the use of mercury have to be made in order to achieve, when possible, its elimination. Cartilla para mineros y mineras...
Proposals on mercury after COP2

Proposals on mercury after COP2

November 26, 2018 | Press

26th November 2018 This week, the second meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP2) took place in Geneva. The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) attended the COP2 and identifies several issues that deserve special...
Working Towards the Implementation of Gender Equality in the ASM

Working Towards the Implementation of Gender Equality in the ASM

October 24, 2018 | News

On the 20th and 21st of October ARM organised a workshop on the participatory creation of tools and methodologies to encourage gender equality in the Artisanal and Small-scale Mining (ASM) sector in Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia. Forty-three women took part in the...
The Alliance for Responsible Mining attends EXPOMIN MAPE PERU 2018

The Alliance for Responsible Mining attends EXPOMIN MAPE PERU 2018

September 26, 2018 | News

From August 26 to September 2, the Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) attended the first miners’ and artisanal and small-scale mining fair (EXPOMIN MAPE) at Campo Ferial de Juliaca, Puno, Peru. Two conferences were held at this location to introduce the Fairmined...