I reply to the Open Letter which Ethical Metalsmiths and Fair Jewelry Action sent to the Responsible Jewellery Council and the Alliance for Responsible Mining, which I received by email on Friday, 6th July, 2012.   In your letter, you cite concerns that the relationship between the Alliance for Responsible Mining and the Responsible Jewellery

RJC Recognition of Part A of the Fairtrade and Fairmined Standard for Artisanal and Small Scale Miners We have recently received concerns about the potential impacts of the recognition of the producer section of the Fairtrade and Fairmined standard (Part A) by the RJC’s Chain-of-Custody Standard and about the ARM and Fairtrade International partnership’s

por Patrick Schein 08/05/2012 en 10:57 Un artículo reciente en el pueblo suizo de Medel, que votaron en contra de la aprobación de una licencia de exploración para explotar un yacimiento de oro en las montañas de Grisons estimado en 25 toneladas, con un valor de mercado de algunos 1,3 miles de millones de dólares a precios corrientes, led me to reflect on the real end