The Tapajos River Basin in the Brazilian Amazon is the location of one of the largest concentrations of artisanal and small-scale miners in the world. A group of educators provided support to miners, training 4200 people in 141 mining locations. The effectiveness of this training was evaluated based on 20 performance indicators. After 120 days of training, an absolute improvement of approximately 29% had been achieved.
This brief outlines how the LPRM can be a powerful tool for civil society organizations to improve accountability for efforts to increase local procurement, facilitate their oversight role in fair and transparent procurement processes, and also to help build collaboration between mining companies and local businesses to target supplying opportunities.
This paper provides a global overview of anthropological studies on the relationship between Indigenous people and mining. It written with a broad audience in mind, especially for teaching. It covers a range of topics, from Contested Terrain and The Rise of a Global Industry to Agreement Making with Indigenous Peoples, and Emerging Directions and Enduring Debates.
The Migori County Artisanal Miners Cooperative Society (MICA), in collaboration with UNESCO and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and with support from CIRDI, created this documentary on ASGM in Migori to shed light on this sector and to give Kenyan gold miners a voice.
El presente estudio de caso expone los resultados obtenidos de la implementación de procesos enfocados a la aplicación de la debida diligencia en el departamento del Cauca, Colombia, con el fin de identificar las principales barreras y logros para la creación de cadenas de suministro formales para la minería de subsistencia y a pequeña escala de oro
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.
Julius Opiyo was 12 years old when he started working in the mine to pay for school. Today he is Manager at MICA MINERS COOP LTD, Kenya’s first formalised ASM cooperative. This is his story and his recommendations to governments working to formalise their informal ASM sector.
Lana Eagle is one of Canada’s most respected Aboriginal relations strategists, well-known in the mineral exploration sector for her depth of knowledge regarding aboriginal engagement, for helping companies to build relationships with Aboriginal communities. Her background is in banking, economic development, wealth management and mineral exploration. Lana was a “pioneer” for Aboriginal women in being one of the first to chair a publicly traded junior mineral exploration company.
CIRDI’s Gender Equality Strategy lays out our vision of how sustainable natural resource development can generate lasting and inclusive benefits for women, men and children when gender equality is fully integrated.
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.
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