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A group of miners who are working the Kawa Ijen volcano in Java, Indonesia. The miners carry sulfur down the volcano and to the processing centre where the sulfur is weighed and the miner is paid (Photo: Adam Cohn, Creative Commons, via Flickr)

Time to tell a new story about artisanal and small-scale mining: time for a new "indaba"

… Every year, some of the biggest names and stakeholders in the mining industry converge on Cape Town for the Investing in African … as a whole can become better informed. And some of the pervasive myths about small-scale mining need to be challenged with better … and civil society; exploring different geographic and stakeholder realities; and shaping and confirming solutions. It is important that as …

Insight, 11 February 2015

IIED's ASM workshop brought together stakeholders from across the Americas, sub-Saharan Africa and Asia to share their experiences and perspectives (Photo: Teresa Corcoran/IIED)

Waking the lazy, sleepy giant

… IIED's two-day workshop bringing together artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) stakeholders provided a unique opportunity to generate a … vulnerability; strengthen mineral rights; incorporate new lessons on formalisation; and tackle migration and security. To encourage full … pave the way for formalisation efforts that should reflect the local realities, territories and rights regimes, and which can be implemented …

Insight, 21 May 2015