AGC in the NYT (Artisanal Gold Council in the New York Times)
The Artisanal Gold Council made the New York Times on Friday in a Thomson Reuters story that highlighted two of the initiatives the AGC set in motion to help artisanal…
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Minamata and NAPs
The Minamata Convention on Mercury, adopted in 2013, is a world-wide treaty aimed at protecting human health and the environment from mercury’s harmful effects. As the artisanal and small-scale gold…
Health and Environmental Issues and Solutions
By advancing technology, business practices, governance and policy, the Artisanal Gold Council helps to improve the environment and health of the millions of people involved in ASGM worldwide. Mercury use,…
Dubai Lockdown Lifts, Souk Still Empty
The UAE relaxed its lockdown measures on April 24, 2020. Residents no longer need a permit to be outside between the hours of 6am to 10pm. Dubai shopping malls, markets…
The 4th Meeting of Artisanal Miners of Chaparra
Located in the Chaparra District of the Province of Caraveli, in the Arequipa region of Peru, Chaparra is a small town full of warm people. Their main income is gold…
Improving Occupational Health for Artisanal Miners in Peru: Monitoring and reducing mercury and respirable silica in ASGM.
The Artisanal Gold Council works to improve the health of miners worldwide. As part of ‘Mejorando la Pequeña Minería Artesanal de oro’ (MEJORO), our 5 year project in Peru,…
La satanización del sector de la MAPE por parte de los medios de comunicación no está ayudando
El Miami Herald en 2018 y ahora Buzzfeed en 2019 han publicado, una vez más, el típico artículo superficial sobre la extracción de oro aluvial en el Amazonas: una…