Cooperatives being charged more than $10,500 USD in informal taxes and fees December 6, 2023 – Kolwezi/Ottawa IMPACT is launching...
High taxes and arduous administrative burdens are pushing artisanal mining actors across Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) into informality and...
In 2023, IMPACT began working with stakeholders to discuss the taxes, fees, and administrative steps in the artisanal cobalt supply...
IMPACT along with Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in DRC (EITI-DRC), Minespider, and Solidaridad, are partnering a new project to address...
Efforts to eliminate child labour in cobalt supply chains need to address root causes or risk further jeopardizing children’s safety...
Côte d'Ivoire acts to reduce mercury pollution from its artisanal gold mining sector Over half a ton of mercury is...
New report highlights how access to finance for communities is a key component to the success of any formalization and...
There is an urgent need for financial services in artisanal gold mining communities. Formal financing such as banks or microfinance...
Studies show that heavy taxes and complex administrative burdens encourage extortion, smuggling, and debt bondage March 21, 2023 / Kolwezi,...
Artisanal mining often takes place in areas where security and human rights are at risk. Women make up 30 percent...
Cobalt fuels our smartphones, laptops, electric vehicles. Over 70 percent of the world’s cobalt comes from Democratic Republic of Congo...
54 Village Savings and Loans Associations established as part of Foundations for Peace project to support objective of responsible artisanal...