Artisanal mining

  Pallinghurst Resources’s wholly owned subsidiary Gemfields, a leading source of emeralds and rubies, stands accused of human rights abuses in Mozambique — charges CEO Sean Gilbertson strongly denies. As...

The ministry of Mines in Zambia is seeking K5 million ($508,766.24) to formalise small scale gold mining across the country. Last year, the ministry suspended all small scale gold mining...

Small Scale TriTank Installation. Photo: APT In the past decade, relentlessly, prominent individuals, various agencies and companies in the mining industry have been urging the government to promote smaller mining...

David van Wyk, lead researcher at the Bench Marks Foundation (Picture: eNCA) Small-scale (informal) mining is the way to go as industrial  (informal) mining is becoming increasingly unsustainable, Bench Marks...

An Artisanal miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo A programme aimed at eliminating mercury from artisanal gold mining is being rolled out worldwide, and African countries, in which artisanal...

The Just Gold project is the first to successfully trace conflict-free and legal artisanal gold from mine site to export applying regional and international standards Partnership Africa Canada has announced...

Syanyonja Artisan Miners' Alliance (SAMA) has become the first artisanal small scale mining co-operative in Africa to become Fairtrade certified, bringing much needed hope to impoverished communities who risk their...

  DRC Mining Week:  “We believe in this sector and in this country” DRC Minister of Mines Martin Kabwelulu Labilo at opening session in Lubumbashi in June “There is no...

Ghana is pioneering what has largely been ignored in African mining sector – recognising the role of artisanal miners and bringing them into the mainstream fold. This is through the...