Press Release from ARM: The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and IMOswiss AG (IMO) begin collaboration on a Third Party Certification and Auditing System for responsible Artisanal and Small Scale Mining against the FAIRMINED Standard. The Alliance for Responsible Mining (ARM) and IMOswiss AG (IMO) are happy to announce their recent signing of a Memorandum

  In early October, I attended roundtable meetings in London that brought together miners, and a select group of Fairtrade jewelers, manufacturers and trade organizations from the EU, USA and Switzerland. We were there to review changes designed to maximize the commercial opportunities for Fairtrade gold and streamline the Fairtrade gold program. Harriet Lamb, CEO

Introduction: As this press release shows, the Alliance for Responsible Mining and Ethical Metalsmiths with their supporting consortium of Jeweler continue to make excellent progress with their pioneering work in the North American market. Especially heartening was this article which mentioned their efforts in this blog covering illegal Peruvian mining on the New Yorker magazine