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Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues
… Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has benefited from a body of research spanning decades, … Global Trends in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A review of key numbers and issues …
Publication, 01 January 2018
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Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana. Evidence to inform an Action Dialogue
… Ghana’s artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector continues to grow in size and significance. Its … Artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana. Evidence to inform an Action Dialogue …
Publication, 01 September 2016
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Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions
… exploitation of various metals, gemstones and industrial minerals. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long offered Tanzania’s impoverished population … Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and …
Publication, 01 October 2017
Ancestral miners rush to find gold and platinum ore at a mine wall opened by medium-scale mining (Photo: Ronald de Hommel)
Informality and formalisation in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… informality leads to social harm A case study on efforts to formalise artisanal and small scale mining in Colombia by Cristina Echavarria – published jointly by … Informality and formalisation in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector …
Insight, 12 November 2014
Employees work deep within a tunnel at the Nsangano Gold Mine, Mawemeru village in Geita District, Tanzania in March 2015 (Photo: Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
Laying the foundations for a dialogue series on artisanal and small-scale mining
… mining companies increasingly want to engage more effectively with artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). Many governments are also keen to get a better … Towards inclusive and responsible mining … Laying the foundations for a dialogue series on artisanal and small-scale mining …
Project, 24 June 2015
Members of the Learning and Leadership Group, Georgette Sakyi-Addo and Collins Oppong, observe artisanal and small-scale miners in Tarkwa, Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores)
Leaders join forces for productive and equitable artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana
… of national and community leaders will collaborate to turn Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector into an engine for growth and equity. They … Leaders join forces for productive and equitable artisanal and small-scale mining in Ghana …
News, 28 January 2016
Workers at the Dakete mine, Tarkwa Region, Ghana (Photo: Gabriela Flores)
Inclusive reform for Ghana's small-scale and artisanal mining sector
… 1 million Ghanaians (and a total 3 million dependents), the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is best known for its major environmental and … Inclusive reform for Ghana's small-scale and artisanal mining sector …
News, 23 March 2016
Workers at the Dakete Gold Mine explain health and safety procedures in a powdering station. The IIED dialogue aimed to engage key stakeholders, including mineworkers, in a conversation about the future of ASM mining in Ghana (Photo: Friends of the Nation)
Dialogue prompts participatory reform in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… have embarked on a programme of sector reform that will turn the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector into a responsible, inclusive, rights-based … Dialogue prompts participatory reform in Ghana's artisanal and small-scale mining sector …
News, 14 September 2016
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What is legal? Formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia
… formalisation processes, analysing the barriers to formalisation for artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and offering approaches to overcome them. It … What is legal? Formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia …
Publication, 01 October 2014
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Participation as policy: time to formalise artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia
… Widely regarded as unsustainable and dangerous, Colombia’s artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector is largely informal — characterised by poor … Participation as policy: time to formalise artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia …
Publication, 01 February 2015