Commodity: Gold

Innovating for Financial Inclusion: Specialized Loan Product gives Artisanal Miners a Boost

The lack of formalization of the artisanal and small-scale mining sector remains a barrier to improved working conditions and access…

10 August 2023

SUPPORTING GOLD MINERS WITH MERCURY-FREE MINERAL PROCESSING EQUIPMENT

Artisanal and small-scale gold mines are the world’s largest source of mercury emissions, with an annual estimate of over 2,000…

07 August 2023

Pathways to Prosperity: Ensuring equal and rewarded participation of producers in global value chains

Millions of smallholder farmers and workers across the world take on a lion’s share of the work needed to realize…

26 May 2023

CHILDREN HAVE NO PLACE WORKING IN GOLD MINING

With the influx of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) for gold in West Africa, the number of children engaged in…

25 May 2023

Annual Report 2022 Out Now

Amidst increasing polarization and a fragmenting world, we continue to see progress and the impact of Solidaridad’s work in making…

12 May 2023

Patrick Schein: entrepreneur in precious metals and advocate for small-scale miners Patrick Schein:

Our director Jeroen Douglas had an interesting conversation with Patrick Schein. Patrick is French entrepreneur in the precious metals world…

21 April 2023

Price in global commodity value chains

What is the price of sustainability? And who should take up paying the price of fostering sustainable and inclusive global…

30 March 2023

Advocacy and collaboration yield results in push for sustainable value chains

Whilst civic space across the world has been under increasing pressure in 2022, leading to still greater inequalities, people continue…

21 March 2023

Global Annual Report 2022

Peru issues national policy for the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining sector

Peru has officially rolled out a national policy targeting artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM), an effort that originated in multisectoral…

27 December 2022