Social Media Ideas for Artisanal And Small-Scale Mining

Stop criminalising poverty – mining leaders push for urgent artisanal, small scale formalisation

MINING executives have urged the government to accelerate formalisation of artisanal and small-scale miners, saying the sector’s future depends on bringing operators into the mains...

SigraFi signs responsible gold supply deal with PeaceGold

Commodities company provides growth capital to source traceable material from small-scale Congolese producers

Report proposes $100 million fund, miners’ bank to transform small-scale mining

Small-scale miners could gain easier access to financing, modern technology, geological data and reliable markets under sweeping reforms proposed in a government-commissioned repor...

Artisanal mines in Brazil a front for gold laundering, investigation shows

Nearly half of permitted small-scale gold mines in a corner of the Brazilian Amazon are likely fronts for laundering gold mined elsewhere, including protected areas and Indigenous...

Tanzania Plans Mining Fund and Credit Guarantees to Support Small-Scale Miners

The Government of Tanzania has received recommendations aimed at strengthening the small-scale mining sector through improved access to finance, technology, and geological informat...

Mutapa Gold Deepens Alliance with Artisanal Miners in New Expansion Drive

State-owned mining firm Mutapa Gold Resources has extended its artisanal and small-scale mining partnership programme to Jena and Kitsiyatota mines, in a move the company says will...

GoldBod’s ASM purchases top 135 tonnes, rake in over US$10bn for Ghana

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has reinforced the critical role of the country’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector in driving economic growth, foreign exchange generati...

Authorities vow action to keep minors off artisanal gold mines

The government has announced new plans to eliminate child labour in informal and unregistered mining operations where children remain most exposed to hazardous work.

Mali creates state body to regulate gold trade

Mali has created a new state agency to regulate its booming artisanal gold sector after uncovering major discrepancies between officially declared exports and imports reported abro...

As Global Demand for Gold Grows, UN Mercury Head Warns Toxic Fumes Put Women in a Motherhood Dilemma

[IPS] Samarkand, Uzbekistan -- Ask any woman miner in the Katoro goldfield in Tanzania's northern Geita region, and she will tell you that she touches toxic mercury with her bare h...

Central Africa: Weak Governance of Gold Mining Still Drives Conflict in Central Africa

[ISS] Neither Cameroon nor the DRC is doing enough to improve oversight and management of unregulated gold mining.

Mali sets up new state agency to tighten control over artisanal gold trade

Mali has established a new state body to regulate its expanding artisanal gold sector in a move aimed at addressing persistent gaps between officially declared exports and figures...

As Global Demand for Gold Grows, UN Mercury Head Warns Toxic Fumes Put Women in a Motherhood Dilemma

SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan, June 5 (IPS) - Ask any woman miner in the Katoro goldfield in Tanzania’s northern Geita region, and she will tell you that she touches toxic mercury with he...

Zambia Launches Kyalo Joint Venture to Formalise Artisanal Trade

Zambia’s state-controlled mining investment vehicle, ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc (ZCCM-IH), has launched a majority-owned joint venture to tackle and formalise the country’s unru...

GoldBod secures LBMA, World Gold Council support for Ghana’s gold reforms

The Ghana Gold Board (GoldBod) has secured strong international backing for Ghana’s responsible sourcing, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) formalisation, traceability, and va...

UN ECA launches large-scale project to strengthen SADC critical minerals value chains

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has launched a €15-million regional project to strengthen environmentally and socially responsible critical minerals value chains across...

Gold rush survival: Sudanese miners turn to trade amid war

In the mountains of Dalgo Mahas in northern Sudan, unregulated miners armed with metal detectors search tirelessly for gold, hoping to earn enough to support their families amid de...

LLM Extractivism

GoldStone pleased with development progress at Sierra Leone project

Aim-listed GoldStone Resources says significant progress is being made by MinCorp – a private company in Sierra Leone developing several small-scale gold mining licences – in estab...

Let’s promote responsible mining

 THE government’s decision to take measures against destructive mining practices in environmentally sensi­tive areas, such as Boterekwa in the Midlands and Christmas......

ILLICIT MINING AND NATIONAL SECURITY

Government should identify and prosecute profiteers of insecurity around the mines An investigative report, ‘The Shadow Owners,’ published by the Alliance for Economic Research and...

New data reveals surge in human rights abuses linked to transition minerals mining

New data released by the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC) finds that, worldwide, South America has the most abuse allegations associated with large-scale mining...

Government Reserves Small-Scale Gold Mining for Zimbabweans

Government Reserves Small-Scale Gold Mining for Zimbabweans The Government has announced major reforms in the gold mining sector, reserving small-scale gold mining exclusively for...

Building the ecosystem for critical minerals mining in DRC

As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, the Democratic Republic of Congo is seeing the benefit of growing investments from leading economies such as China and the US...