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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.

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November 24, 2017
ASM is a complex economic sector with implications on economic growth, and social and environmental impacts, on rural poor communities.
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November 23, 2017
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.
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November 07, 2017
Mining companies seeking to understand their responsibilities to protect biodiversity have a new tool: an online inventory of global offset policies.
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October 15, 2017
IIED's ASM dialogues program enables a wide range of stakeholders to collaborate to help transform ASM into an engine of local sustainable development.
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October 03, 2017
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.