Numerous types of minerals are extracted in this fashion—gold, cassiterite, wolframite, colored gemstones, diamonds, cobalt, and even coal—and the production and commercialization of many of these min...
WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 — A new World Bank and Pact report finds that better working conditions can improve productivity, health, and safety for the over 44 million artisanal miners across 80 countrie...
The comprehensive “The Survey of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining - 2016”, which details the scope of ASM activities and the sector’s economic contributions, was officially launched on March 14.
There was an estimated 40 million people working in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM)..Women represent a large percentage of the ASM workforce—40 to 50 per cent in Africa alone, in fact—working i...
A new Global Environment Facility (GEF) Policy on Gender Equality was approved today at the 53rd meeting of the GEF Council taking place in Washington, DC. The policy marks GEF’s increased ambition t...
In celebration of the 95th anniversary of the Mining sector, the Ministry of Mining and Heavy Industry held a “Gender in the Minerals Sector” seminar in Ulaanbaatar in collaboration with the SESMIM Pr...
Mining Investment Asia, South East Asia’s largest mining investment conference, was successfully held in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, bringing together more than 300 global and regional investors, min...
After graduating from high school, B. Tsog-Yuren yearned to continue her education but she had to herd livestock while she took care of her grandparents in the countryside. Tsog-Yuren is now the leade...