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 Reconnaissance de la partie A de la norme du commerce équitable et Fairmined pour Artisanal et de petits exploitants miniers Nous avons récemment reçu des préoccupations au sujet des impacts potentiels de la reconnaissance de la section de production de la norme du commerce équitable et Fairmined (Partie A) by the RJC’s Chain-of-Custody Standard and about the ARM and Fairtrade International partnership’s

by Patrick Schein 08/05/2012 à 10:57 A recent article on the Swiss village of Medel, which voted against approving a exploration license to tap a gold deposit in the Grisons mountains estimated at 25 tonnes with a market value of some 1,3 billion dollars at current prices, led me to reflect on the real end