Resources

Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives as Social Innovation for Governance and Practice: A Review of Responsible Mining Initiatives

Philipp C. Sauer and Michael Hiete 2019 English

The article draws on the certification requirements of 20 responsible mining initiatives globally and analyses their dual role in transforming on the one hand the responsible mining initiatives themselves and the certified companies as well as the mining practice.

Undermining Rights: Indigenous Lands and Mining in the Amazon

Patricia Quijano Vallejos, Peter Veit, Pedro Tipula and Katie Reytar English

Conducting geospatial analysis of the Amazon biogeographic region, this report estimates, for the first time, the full extent of legal, large-scale mining concessions and illegal mining operations on Indigenous territories within the rainforest. The study focuses on Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana and Peru.

Economic reactivation in the context of Covid 19, sustainable development, and artisanal and small scale mining

Cristian Darío Castro Urrego, Head of Governance for ARM 2020 English

In general, reactivation plans in the context of Covid 19 should make State investments flow, along with those from big companies, international cooperation and philanthropy to put resources into the pockets of several economic actors (small companies, cooperatives, associations, ASM organizations, women organizations, community organizations, vulnerable families, among others). This should take place with a strategic approach of design and implementation of local projects, subsidies and microcredits to activate the economies of the countries, especially in marginal urban zones and rural zones where there is ASM activity.

Impacto del coronavirus (COVID-19) en la minería artesanal y de pequeña escala de Bolivia

Solidaridad Cumbre del Sajama S.A 2020 Spanish

The Gold Price Trend within GOLD-ISMIA’s Project Locations amid the COVID-19 Pandemic

planetGOLD Indonesia 2020 English

Field facilitators with the planetGOLD project in Indonesia (known locally as GOLD-ISMIA) surveyed 30 respondents across six project locations to understand gold market prices during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of COVID-19 on miners’ activities.

The Hidden Cost of Jewelry: Human Rights in Supply Chains and the Responsibility of Jewlery Companies

Human Rights Watch 2018 English

In this report, Human Rights Watch scrutinizes steps taken by key actors within the jewelry industry to ensure that rights are respected in their gold and diamond supply chains. The report focuses on the policies and practices of 13 major jewelry brands, selected to include some of the industry’s largest and best-known jewelry and watch companies and to reflect different geographic markets. 

African Gold’s Position Amid the Global COVID-19 Crisis

Chris Cleverly 2020 English

Blockchain technology could help the African gold industry boost the continent’s economic growth, even during the coronavirus pandemic.

Emergency Support Needed for Artisanal/Small Scale Miners

Ruth Crowell, CEO, LBMA 2020 English

83% of the world’s mining workforce relies on Artisanal and Small Scale mines for their livelihood. That comes to roughly 40.5 million people. These people were vulnerable before COVID-19 and even more so now. As gold prices rise, so does exploitation and violence for these miners.

Burkina Faso gold prices inch back towards pre-COVID levels

Adama Ouedraogo 2020 English

Burkina’s artisanal miners do not have direct access to the gold market, they sell their gold on the mine site to local buyers who work for the approved comptoirs located in the cities of Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso.

Currently, there are no alternatives available to artisanal miners to improve the gold supply chain during this COVID -19 crisis.

Artisanal Gold Mining Communities are on the Verge of a Crisis- The View from Choco, Colombia

Kenneth Porter, Artisanal Gold Council 2020 English

The liquidity crisis affecting artisanal gold mining communities around the globe has the potential to turn into a humanitarian crisis. As miners’ ability to sell their gold for cash deteriorates, the growing concern is that miners will be left with gold in their pockets but no food on the table.  The most at risk are those rural and isolated communities whose economies are almost entirely dependent on gold, such as Choco, Colombia.