The wildcat gold mining boom that swept across the Amazon beginning in the 1970s left behind an environmental catastrophe of ...

Artisanal and small-scale gold mining employs more than 15 million people globally and generates a fifth of global gold supplies. It supports 100 million people indirectly, more than any other ...

“The registry of formalization of informal miners has been around for about 12 years or a little more, it is a process for the formalization of artisanal miners. Unfortunately until now they have not ...

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To mark International Women’s Day we’re digging into an often overlooked, but critical sector for the global economy, and for many millions of women: Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM). From gold, ...

Uproar is mounting in Zimbabwe’s artisanal and small-scale mining sector following the award of an exclusive contract to ...