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Eighteen-year-old Maame Esi Rose, who washes ore to help her and two younger siblings survive, will contribute to the artisanal and small-scale mining sector dialogue in Ghana (Photo: IIED)
Talking mining in Ghana
… Ghanaian stakeholders in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) are gathering this week in Tarkwa to discuss how new … 2007, Friends of the Nation has worked on research and advocacy on sustainable development in Ghana. Through their work they have engaged with and … Sustainable markets … Talking mining in Ghana …
News, 19 January 2016
Site discussions to integrate biodiversity into mine planning and operations (Photo: SANBI)
Mining for common ground: putting biodiversity on South African mining companies' agendas
… Africa – hit the national headlines. Civil society groups accused the mining company of damaging the environment near the Mapungubwe National Park, while the mining company argued that its operations were in line with the law. The … than 500,000 people, and has been central to the country's economic development.  Laying the ground for change  Stephen Holness, a …
Article, 21 March 2016
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 … evident to the participants how potent ASM's contribution to local development can be. One could even argue that the potential for … and optimal exploitation of mineral resources to underpin broad-based sustainable growth and socio-economic development. View a collection of …
Insight, 07 December 2017
Key words related to mining and sustainable development (Image: IIED)
Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come?
… key stakeholders. The paper raises many questions about how well the mining industry has put sustainable development theory into practice.  The research is based on the … Sustainable markets … Mining's search for sustainability: how far have we come? …
Insight, 07 June 2012
Cover for G00603.pdf
MMSD Southern Africa: Mining, Minerals and Economic Development and the Transition to Sustainable Development
… MMSD Southern Africa: Mining, Minerals and Economic Development and the Transition to Sustainable Development …
Publication, 01 September 2001
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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 Results of MMSD …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Miners from the Tanga region in northern Tanzania participating in discussions about how to make ASM in Tanzania more sustainable (Photo: Steve Aanu)
Mining dialogue paves the way for change
… a dialogue event in Tanzania last November to bring together mining stakeholders for four days of discussions about promoting sustainable small-scale mining.  Interviews with the participants show … about how good practice in ASM can be an engine for sustainable development for Tanzania.  Rachel Joseph mines the gemstone Tanzanite …
News, 05 February 2018
These cars in downtown Lanzhou are part of efforts to reduce CO2 emissions in China. But electric cars require nearly 10kg of cobalt per vehicle, which may encourage increased deep-sea mining (Photo: Tim Zachernuk, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Mining in the deep-sea bed: are we ready?
… Deep-sea mining (DSM) is a fast-developing frontier of mineral exploration and, … (ISA) , which has the mandate to administer and regulate deep-sea mining in 'Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction' (ABJN), has been … licences in the ABNJ to companies hoping to start extraction once the mining code is finalised in 2020. Do we need deep-sea mining? Competing …
Insight, 12 November 2018
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MMSD Working Paper No. 110 Mining Industry and Sustainable Development in Kyrgyzstan
… MMSD Working Paper No. 110 Mining Industry and Sustainable Development in Kyrgyzstan …
Publication, 01 November 2001
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Governments, large- and small-scale mining: beginning a dialogue
… The interface between artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) and large-scale mining (LSM) is often characterised by … at the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development’s (IGF) day on ASM at the Indaba International Mining … Sustainable markets … Governments, large- and small-scale mining: beginning a dialogue …
Publication, 01 May 2014