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A chimney stack in the distance pours out smoke.
Holding mining companies to account in Botswana
… Holding mining companies to account in Botswana …
Impact story, 18 August 2026
Towards inclusive and responsible mining
Facilitating dialogue and collaboration for a fair and accountable mining sector
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Understanding gender-based violence in critical mineral mining
… With the global boom in critical mineral and metal mining, there is an urgent need to increase investment in tackling the … risk of gender-based violence (GBV). The context and realities of the mining sector often exacerbate the systemic inequalities and harmful … and design programmes and policies to tackle and prevent GBV within mining workplaces and communities. …
Publication, 06 March 2025
Group of people sitting on chairs facing each other
Addressing illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Colombia
… Illegal artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has significant negative environmental and social impacts, … responsible and transparent mineral extraction and trade. Through mining formalisation clinics, learning platforms, facilitated dialogues … security in Colombia. What did IIED do? DAI and IIED worked on the Mining Horizon programme – a technical assistance programme designed to …
Project, 25 April 2023
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Timing your safeguards in mining
… Many governments hope to use mining to boost economic growth and engage in the mineral-intensive … companies, they risk repeating the same mistakes at the root of many mining conflicts.  This toolkit is part of the ALIGN Governance Flashes, … Timing your safeguards in mining …
Publication, 28 March 2024
Two scale pans, one containing gold powder.
Mining contract transparency improves local planning in Mali
… its implementation. Community development actions initiated by the mining company are drawn directly from the development plan, after … (Publish what you pay) , which has campaigned for the publication of mining contracts and supported the community to monitor the legal and contractual obligations of mining companies and manage the revenues generated by mining and …
Insight, 22 April 2024
Men and women dig for gold in an uncovered pit.
Artisanal gold mining in Mali: making gold shine for the people of Gouandiaka
… of Gouandiaka in the Sikasso region of southern Mali, artisanal gold mining has been practiced for centuries. It is an integral part of the … and a way of life for the communities who live there. Artisanal gold mining is governed by customs, practices and beliefs that all … alike. The negative environmental impacts of artisanal gold mining are well documented, so too the exploitation of children and the …
Insight, 26 March 2024
A digger in a mining quarry digs earth and transfers it to a lorry just behind it.
Supporting communities to tackle the environmental impacts of mining in Zambia
… Supporting communities to tackle the environmental impacts of mining in Zambia …
Impact story, 18 October 2024
Nickel smelters in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Indonesia’s nickel refining boom: lessons for other mineral-rich countries
… critical mineral supply chains. The nickel boom In Indonesia, nickel mining has expanded substantially over the past 15 years. It is … of late 2023, nearly one million hectares of land were under nickel mining permits, primarily on the Sulawesi and North Maluku islands. … aiming to promote local value addition. Regulations also mandated mining companies to refine locally the nickel they extract – or to …
Insight, 28 January 2026
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Analysis of laws and policies that support Indigenous biocultural territories in Peru
… In the southern Andean region, there has been a notable increase in mining concessions in recent years, given its abundant critical …
Publication, 20 May 2026