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IIED's Fitsum Weldegiorgis presents at the action dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining in Tanzania (Photo: Steve Aanu)
'The time is right' for dialogue about sustainable ASM in Tanzania
… with our national partners, HakiMadini and MTL Consulting . Mining in the East African country is a major and rapidly growing part … a series of preparatory workshops and thematic discussions in six key mining regions during 2017. These sharpened the research and helped … to convene multi-stakeholder dialogues on artisanal and small-scale mining. Further locally driven processes are already under way in Ghana …
Project, 19 January 2017
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What is legal? Formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia
… Colombia’s mining sector is characterised by widespread informality, with two-thirds of all mining operations lacking any legal title. This not only prevents … but perpetuates environmental degradation and poor quality of life in mining communities. Yet government formalisation initiatives have had … What is legal? Formalising artisanal and small-scale mining in Colombia …
Publication, 01 October 2014
Member of local Indigenous community at protest, standing with a fist in the air.
Bridging the gender data gap: challenges and opportunities
… – yet policies rarely address these dangers.   Deforestation and mining has led to increased gender-based violence against Indigenous …
Article, 11 March 2025
Small-scale miners in Ghana
The golden practices that defy gloom
… been seen as the inevitable outcome of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana. But against this backdrop of neglect and degradation, … sector accounts for 35 per cent of the country's gold production. ASM mining employs an estimated one million people in this West African … Towards inclusive and responsible mining …
Long read, 11 September 2017
Small-scale gold miners in Madagascar. Photo: Global Environment Facility
IIED shines a light on small-scale mining
… This project will aim to help policymakers ensure small-scale mining meets its potential to improve lives and take better care of … information, investment and institutions — that prevent small-scale mining from realising its potential to contribute to sustainable … of five times that number.  Overall, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) employs ten times more people than large-scale mining. But …
News, 05 March 2013
A man stands on top of a lorry onto which a crane is dropping a log, surrounded by forest.
ALIGN Indonesia
… transition away from fossil fuels. Indonesia plans to grow nickel mining and smelting, along with the expansion of oil palm plantations, …
Project, 01 May 2025
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
… of sector reform that will turn the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector into a responsible, inclusive, rights-based engine … government departments, artisanal and small-scale miners, large mining companies, academia and NGOs in the mining district of Tarkwa in January. Ghana was the first country chosen …
News, 14 September 2016
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From legal caravans to revising the Mining Code: Lessons from experience with legal empowerment in communities affected by mining, Mali
… their legal rights. Activities focused on communities affected by mining, where legal and capacity issues are particularly urgent. A … rural radio programmes and input into the revision of Mali’s Mining Code. This paper has been produced under IIED’s Legal tools for … of IIED’s work to identify pathways towards inclusive and responsible mining. …
Publication, 01 March 2014
Miners pushing a cart out of a mine near the Bolivian town of Potosi. For centuries this area had the richest silver mines in South America. Today many of the mines are worked by local cooperatives, but conditions are still harsh (Photo Nyall & Maryanne, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Listen and learn: lessons from the small-scale mining sector
… -  T.S. Eliot The last 10 years have seen the mining sector continue to struggle with social issues . Efforts by … as the environment, and health and safety. Next week, many in the mining world will meet up in Cape Town for the annual Indaba Investing in African Mining conference . Few, if any communities or artisanal and small-scale …
Insight, 05 February 2015
Local community members in DRC mining cobalt.
Financing infrastructure projects for ‘critical minerals’: whose energy transition?
… Alongside investments in mining, growing demand for energy transition minerals such as copper, …
Insight, 15 July 2025