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January 2004 Contents 1. Finding Common Ground: Indigenous peoples and their association with the mining sector. By the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development project 2. What Are We Learning from Experiences with
… Common Ground: Indigenous peoples and their association with the mining sector. By the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development project 2. What Are We Learning from Experiences … Common Ground: Indigenous peoples and their association with the mining sector. By the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development …
Publication, 01 January 2004
An artisanal miner
Ghana: on our way to participatory reform in the artisanal and small-scale mining sector
… of local multi-stakeholder dialogues on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) started in Ghana in autumn 2015.  During a ' visioning … relevant initiatives. The potential benefits from a more inclusive, sustainable and productive Ghanaian mining sector, with ASM fully … mining in Ghana. – Toni Aubynn, chief executive officer of the Ghana Minerals Commission IIED is now supporting a group of Ghanaian …
Project, 15 July 2016
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Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America Towards Change The Work and Results of MMSD North America Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America
… Document begins: Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America Towards Change The Work and Results of MMSD … Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development North America Towards Change The Work and …
Publication, 01 January 1970
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 … and good practices that demonstrate how ASM can be an engine for sustainable development in Tanzania.  Their reflections started at the mines. … Sustainable markets … Towards inclusive and responsible mining …
Project, 19 January 2017
An open pit mine
Realigning investment contracts with sustainable development
… improved transport and communications, and global demand for energy, minerals and agricultural commodities have fostered foreign investment … part of it.  Investment contracts include, for example, petroleum, mining and agricultural concessions, and production sharing agreements … do?  We generated evidence on evolving contractual practice and the sustainable development issues associated with it; developed learning …
Project, 06 May 2020
A small-scale mine in Mawemeru village, Geita district, Tanzania (Photo: copyright Brian Sokol/Panos Pictures)
A mine of information
… Not enough is known or understood about artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), but there are some useful resources available. As IIED … the global gold supply chain. These provide strong entry points for sustainable solutions within ASM. ARM's Fairmined and the Fairtrade … Co-operation and Development 's (OECD) due diligence guidance for minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas, and focuses …
Insight, 20 April 2015
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MMSD+10: Reflecting on a decade of mining and sustainable development
… 2012 marked 10 years since the completion of the Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) initiative. Its findings were … MMSD+10: Reflecting on a decade of mining and sustainable development …
Publication, 01 June 2012
Dialogue participants visited ASM operations (Photo: Mkhululi Nkosilamandla Ncube)
Can ASM lead the Africa Mining Vision?
… I recently attended a dialogue on artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) organised by IIED with HakiMadini and MTL Consulting  in … dialogue as part of my work for the ASM workstream at the African Minerals Development Centre (AMDC) . African leaders set up the AMDC to … and optimal exploitation of mineral resources to underpin broad-based sustainable growth and socio-economic development. View a collection of …
Insight, 07 December 2017
Small-scale miners dig soil mining for tin in Rwanda.
The mining sector searches for sustainability
… engage with its critics, seek advice and pledge positive action for sustainable development. But this is what happened in 2002 when the mining sector's big players sought to understand what it meant for … socially and environmentally responsible through the landmark Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) initiative . Ten years on, I …
Insight, 13 June 2012
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MMSD Southern Africa: Mining, Minerals and Economic Development and the Transition to Sustainable Development
Publication, 01 September 2001