The IGF recently launched a joint report entitled Global ASM Progress: A Review of Key Numbers and Issues.  It explored a number of topics: regional trends and updates on key ASM numbers; environment,...

Fairmined Authorized Suppliers are a vital part of the Fairmined Initiative. They provide access to the market under fair conditions for the Fairmined certified miners and they provide jewellers and t...

PAMP and Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) are pleased to announce that PAMP is now an officially authorized supplier of Fairmined Gold sourced products, specifically gold bullion and semi-fabrica...

The IGF is partnering with PanAfGeo to deliver training to African governments on managing artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM). The IGF has provided financial support for PanAfGeo’s WP3 program, wh...

In mines, mercury is used to recover minute pieces of gold that is mixed in soil and sediments. Mercury and gold settle and combine together to form an amalgam. Gold is then extracted by vaporizing th...

A hot topic today in the world’s gold mining sector is artisanal gold mining. In our southern neighbor China, more than 9 million artisanal miners work in thecoal mining sector alone, producing 11 per...

Phase IV of the SAM project is to strengthen stakeholders in the gold supply chain. To achieve this objective, SAM believes that all partners in the supply chain must have the right facilities and exp...

Recently, Rajiv Gandhi's Production and Polytechnic College, which specializes in highly skilled jewellery professionals training, and is well-known for 52 years has opened its jewellers’ training roo...

A few days ago, the European Union (EU) announced that 17 countries which do not have a transparent tax system are on a black list, , this includesMongolia. Earlier, the EU had warned that Mongolia n...