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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, … for the annual general meeting of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (IGF) in Geneva in October … impacts and remedial efforts; the ASM interface with large-scale mining (LSM); alternative livelihoods and diversification; ASM …
Publication, 01 January 2018
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
… sustainable development. But this is what happened in 2002 when the mining sector's big players sought to understand what it meant for mining to be socially and environmentally responsible through the landmark Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) initiative . Ten … The mining sector searches for sustainability …
Insight, 13 June 2012
Collins Ade (washer, 17)
Voices from artisanal mining communities in Tarkwa-Nsuaem, Ghana
Article, 19 January 2016
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Finding common ground: The human story of gold mining
… Within any gold mining district you will find a wide range of people. At a glance, they … To better understand the wide range of people who depend on gold mining, IIED travelled to Tanzania to talk to some of them. This … Finding common ground: The human story of gold mining …
Publication, 01 November 2015
View of the quarry
Small ventures, big hopes
… have kept afloat one East African country's artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector. Despite little support, the sector accounts for the … business opportunities in some of the world's poorest communities.  Mining in Tanzania is a major and rapidly growing part of the economy, … (PDF) , compared to about 12,000 who are employed by large-scale mining companies. Artisanal miners dominate most of the country's …
Long read, 26 September 2017
A panel discusses artisanal and small-scale mining at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town (Photo: Abbi Buxton/IIED)
Building bridges between the money and the many in mining
… When 8,000 mining sector players gathered in Cape Town last week, there were more than a few notable absences. Their meeting — the Mining Indaba — is among the world's biggest mining conferences, but is largely for industry, by industry. It is not … Building bridges between the money and the many in mining …
Insight, 11 February 2014
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
… talk directly to these challenges at the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development 10th Annual General … harm A case study on efforts to formalise artisanal and small scale mining in Colombia by Cristina Echavarria – published jointly by IIED and the Alliance for Responsible Mining in Colombia – highlights the persistence of informality in the …
Insight, 12 November 2014
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Governments, large- and small-scale mining: beginning a dialogue
Publication, 01 May 2014
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Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions
… Tanzania’s mining sector dates back several decades, and involves exploitation of … metals, gemstones and industrial minerals. Artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) has long offered Tanzania’s impoverished population an … Informing dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania. A thematic review of challenges and solutions …
Publication, 01 October 2017
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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 … a multi-stakeholder ‘action dialogue’ on artisanal and small-scale mining. This was the first of a global dialogue series on ASM, planned … formalisation of ASM within a more inclusive and responsible mining sector. This paper provides background research on ASM in Ghana …
Publication, 01 September 2016