Living Room Session: Are Diamond Mines Benefiting All Producing Communities?

Christina MillerOctober 15, 2024Artisanal Mining, ASM, Diamonds, Human Rights, Living Room Session

Living Room Session. Sierra Leone: Artisanal Diamond Mining as a Means for Change

Christina MillerApril 6, 2024Artisanal Mining, Diamonds, Living Room Session, Sierra Leone

Living Room Session: How CRAFT & the new ASM Progress app can help jewelers support artisanal miners

Christina MillerMarch 1, 2024Artisanal Mining, ASM, Craft, Living Room Session

CMC's Position on Recycled Gold

Christina MillerMay 4, 2023Artisanal Mining, Certification, Environmental Issues, FTC, GHG, Gold Mining, Gold, Green Guides, Mercury Pollution, Recycled Gold, Social Issues, USGS

Living Room Session: Current ASGM Initiatives, pt. 1

Christina MillerNovember 3, 2021Artisanal Mining, ASGM, ASM, Better Without Mercury, Congo, Consumer Awareness, DRC, Ethical Metalsmiths, Fairmined, Gold Mining, Living Room Session, Mercury Pollution, Projects, Rolberto Alvarez, USAID, USAID Zahabu Safi (Clean Gold) Project

Living Room Session: Photographer Hugh Brown

Christina MillerSeptember 2, 2021Artisanal Mining, ASM, Development, Gemstone Mining, Gold Mining, Living Room Session

A Benchmark Study Gauging Consumer Awareness and Interest in Artisanal Gold

ProjectsChristina MillerJanuary 6, 2021gold, Artisanal Mining, ethical jewelry, Consumer Report

Better Without Mercury - End-of-Year Update!

Better Without Mercury - 2020 Year End Update!

Christina MillerDecember 18, 2020BWM, Better Without Mercury, Mercury, Gold, Fairmined, Artisanal Mining, Responsible Sourcing

They Left for the Mountain, by Rolberto Alvarez

These are before and after images of the Gualconda mine. They were taken in an area that had been contaminated with mercury and has since been restored. The mine manager, Rolberto Alvarez, shares his view of a gold mining boom happening in Colombia.

Living Room Sessions: A beloved community space