CRAFT: A participative and agreed upon standard The second consultation of CRAFT standard, a passport to formal markets, closed succesfully, with results that will be useful for the artisanal and small scale mining sector and its supply chains. Involving the...
These were the events showing the most relevant progress made on their path of responsible mining: Paipa The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) selected 14 mining units in 2019, which were analyzed for CRAFT risks of breaches focused on commercial,...
We connected ideas in order to improve artisanal and small scale mining. On December 5th and 6th of 2019, the Colombia Regional Workshop (Antioquia) was carried out, which reflected on the main challenges, barriers and lessons learned from the artisanal and...
“It is a very good opportunity for artisanal mining communities to show organizations that we have the skills and that we can make their commitments to be ours as well,” Cristian Morales, president of the Board of Directors of the Coodmilla LTDA small-scale mining...
CRAFT Code v 1.0 has been developed with a focus on improving artisanal and small-scale miners’ access to formal markets and supporting their progressive improvement on environmental and social practices. After a collaborative development process that started one and...