Expert insights and analysis on complex and emerging issues to help mining countries and the industry stay informed on evolving opportunities for good governance in mining.
While conducting a Mining Policy Framework assessment in Ecuador, we were introduced to Catering Las Peñas, a catering company established in the mining camp of Lundin Gold’s Fruta del Norte gold mining project. In a country where large scale mining is beginning to develop, local content policies are beginning to benefit local businesses and communities.
IIED's ASM dialogues program enables a wide range of stakeholders to collaborate to help transform ASM into an engine of local sustainable development.
In conflict zones, artisanal miners are in danger not simply because they operate amid conflict, but also because some armed groups try to use the minerals as a source of financing for the conflict.
