Resources

Skills Building for Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

IIED & IGF English

Women play a crucial role in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). While their challenges in the sector have been studied extensively, increased effort is needed to create a more widespread understanding of their importance to ASM.

Going for gold in a new partnership: Building a foundation for better gold mining in Uganda

Fairphone English

By combining their expertise in the areas of preventing child labor, improving working conditions and providing a clear path to market, Fairphone aims to work with ASM in Uganda to establish a sustainable, traceable gold supply chain that creates a better future for miners and their families.

Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Interventions for greater participation

IIED & IGF 2018 English

This case study highlights how to improve women’s participation in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM), complementing the IGF’s previous report, Women in Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining: Challenges and opportunities for greater participation.

Stakeholder Statement on Implementing Gender-Responsive Due Diligence and ensuring the human rights of women in Mineral Supply Chains

2019 English

Women’s Rights and Mining together with the OECD Secretariat prepared the statement, taking into account input from members of the OECD Multi-stakeholder Steering Group and comments from participants, including over 50 civil society representatives in attendance from around the world, held during the 13th Forum on Responsible Mineral Supply Chains, on 25th of April 2019.

Improving Access to Formal Finance in Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining

planetGOLD 2020 English

This issue brief reviews past experiences with delivering financial and allied services to the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector and examines existing barriers to attracting formal finance and investment in the sector. It concludes with recommended interventions for governments, donors and other allies to help improve ASGM’s access to formal finance in the future.

Access to Finance — Options for Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining

Abby Efua Hilson; Gavin Hilson - for planetGOLD 2020 English

This report reviews past experiences with delivering financial and allied services to artisanal and small-scale mining and makes recommendations regarding best practices and potential ways forward in improving access to finance based on this experience.

Critical solutions for ASGM: Facilitating the transition to the formal economy and better mining practices in Africa

PACT 2019 English

Artisanal Gold Communities as Prime COVID-19 Intervention Targets: Supply Chain Reform, Health In Gold Out

Shawn Blore, Marieke Kroll, Kevin Telmer 2020 English

In this paper, the  AGC announces its three signal interventions for dealing with the crisis in ASGM communities brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic:

(i) Supply Chain Reform Project – a project to restart and reform artisanal gold supply chains;

(ii) Health In Gold Out – a project to deliver health assistance via this gold stakeholder network; and

(iii) Artisanal Gold Prices Database – a project to monitor these interventions via a worldwide database of artisanal gold prices.

The barriers to financial access for the responsible minerals trade in the Great Lakes Region

Sofala Partners and BetterChain 2019 English

The purpose of the following report is to provide insights, analysis and data – based on extensive interviews with industry participants and financial institutions – that can inform future initiatives designed to achieve the ultimate goal of a fully traced and validated supply chain that is both scalable and self-sustaining. The report’s scope of enquiry covers the role of financial institutions (and of industry partners that provide financing) in both the responsible tin, tantalum, tungsten (3T) and gold supply chains (together, the ‘3TG’ sector).

COVID-19 – Call to Action for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains

OECD English

By the Multi-Stakeholder Steering Group of the implemention programme for the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Mineral Supply Chains