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 on the fifth place of the national gold production (MINEM). Early in November, in Puerto Maldonado, capital of this...
Authors: Louis Maréchal et Luca Maiotti Depuis plusieurs années, la communauté internationale, les organisations de la société civile et de manière générale les consommateurs ont développé des attentes fortes visant à s’assurer que la production et le commerce...
The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) has launched the English version of the analysis report “Supply Chains of Artisanal Gold in West Africa”. The publication is also available in French: “Filières de Commercialization de l ‘or artisanal...
Senides Lucumi, women leader and mineral selector from Suárez, Colombia. She flew to France to talk about gendering in ASM in her territory. The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) attended the 12th OECD Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains from 17-19 April...
(La nouvelle en français suit plus bas) WHAT is CRAFT and its public consultation? The Code of Risk-mitigation for ASM engaging in Formal Trade (CRAFT), previously known as the Market Entry Standard, has been under development since the year 2017. Today,...
