By Eve Sanou and Tegan Holmes - August 2, 2021
For most of the men and women engaged along the informal gold supply chain in Burkina Faso, there are only limited opportunities both to become formalized and to achieve more than a subsistence level of livelihood. The European Partnership for Responsible Minerals-funded, Artisanal Gold Council (AGC)-RESOLVE–Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) implemented […]
By Sadraki Yabre and Tegan Holmes - July 30, 2021
In order for artisanal and small-scale gold mining to play an active role within the formal economy in Burkina Faso, mining operations must operate within the legal framework of the state. As part of the execution of the Global Environment Facility-supported planetGOLD Burkina Faso project, the national policy and legal […]
By Namuun Tsegmid - May 19, 2021
Mongolia, a vast country characterized by rugged landscapes, a nomadic culture, and an active artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector has not been untouched by the COVID-19 pandemic. Having the longest land border with China spanning 4,600 kilometres, as well as a very long border with Russia, the Government of […]
By Shawn Blore - April 14, 2020
Face aux prédictions d’experts selon lesquelles l’épidémie de COVID-19 au Burkina Faso pourrait rivaliser avec celle de l’Italie ou de l’Espagne, les autorités de la nation ouest-africaine ont mis en œuvre de vastes mesures de quarantaine. Les mesures – ainsi que les nombreux blocages internationaux actuellement en place – ont […]
By Shawn Blore - April 14, 2020
The AGC’s Gold Trading Hubs Dashboard gives the operational status of the world’s major gold trading hubs during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Dashboard gives each hub’s overall status, as well as the status of six factors indicating whether or not the hub can trade. These include border controls, internal controls, […]
By Namuun Tsegmid and Dulguun Mijiddorj - April 14, 2020
Since Mongolia transitioned away from central planning in 1990, mining has come to play a dominant role in the economy. In 2016, the mineral sector accounted for 20.6% of Mongolia’s GDP, 80% of its exports, 30% of the national budget revenue, and more than 70% of the country’s foreign […]
By Carly Gunter - April 13, 2020
AGC is proud to be a participant in the planetGOLD programme! Here is what planetGOLD is doing already about COVID-19: planetGOLD’s programme manager Ludovic Bernaudat recently issued a statement on COVID-19 and its impacts on both the programme and the world of artisanal and small-scale mining. “During this time of […]
By Shyne Catedral, Michelle Manza, and Abigail Ocate - April 13, 2020
During a crisis, the people who are hit the hardest are those on the bottom rungs of the ladder, the ones with existing vulnerabilities that are compounded by the new disaster. Millions of artisanal and small-scale gold miners around the world are entirely dependent on the gold they sell […]
By Shawn Blore - April 10, 2020
Faced with expert predictions that the COVID-19 epidemic in Burkina Faso could rival that of Italy or Spain, authorities in the West African nation have implemented sweeping lockdown and quarantine measures. The measures – along with the many international lockdowns now in place – have slowed or halted artisanal gold […]
By Shawn Blore - April 8, 2020
In the race to re-start global artisanal gold supply chains the world took one stop forward April 6 with the re-opening of critical Swiss gold refineries in the country’s gold-refining hub of Tecino[1]. One day later, unfortunately, it took one step back as Dubai announced a sweeping two-week lockdown which […]
