ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme

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The Development Minerals digest is a bimonthly publication that aims to gather pieces of information regarding the extractive sector: news, publications and events.

The digest is also an opportunity to spotlight the work of the Development Minerals alumni of the Programme, thanks to a dedicated ‘DevMin Portrait’ section.

I. Upcoming events

Global Mining Review - 13^th International Conference on Mine Closure will take place at the Westin Perth, Western Australia on September 3^rd to 5^th, 2019 | All information available here

Electra Mining Botswana 2019 – will take place in Gaborone, Botswana on September 10^th to 12^th, 2019 | All information available here

High Level Public Private Partnerships INAUGURAL CONFERENCE in Uganda, AFRICA’S NEXT BIG THING, will take place on September 16^th, 2019 at the Kampala Serena, Uganda| All information available here

PERUMIN 2019, 34^th Mining Convention– will take place in Lima, Peru on September 16^th to 20^th, 2019 | All information available here

Mining Indonesia 2019 - Jakarta International Expo, the 19th International Mining & Minerals Recovery Exhibition will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia on September 18^th to 21^st, 2019 | All information available here

Intergovernmental Forum 2019 (IGF2019) - The 15th annual IGF will be held October 7^th to 11^th, 2019, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, will focus on Mining in a Changing Climate│ All information available here

4^th Annual Nigeria Mining Week – will take place on October 14^th to 16^th, 2019 in Abuja, Nigeria | All information available here

East & Central Africa Mining Forum – will take place on October 28^th to 29^th, 2019 in Kigali Rwanda | All information available here

Mining and Investment in Latin America – will take place in Lima, Peru from November 6^th to 7^th, 2019 │All information available here

Angola International Mining Conference & Exhibition, CIESM - will take place on November 20^th to 21^st, 2019 in Luanda, Republic of Angola │All information available here

2^nd Ethiopian International Mining Conference & Exhibition, EIMC 2019  - will take place on November 25^th to 26^th, 2019 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | All information available here

European Mining Convention - will take place in Dublin, Ireland on December 3^rd to 4^th, 2019 | All information available here

2019 Papua New Guinea Mining and Petroleum Conference – will be held in Port Moresby from December 3^rd to 5^th, 2019 | All information available here

Mining Indaba, Investing in African Mining – will take place on February 3^rd to 6^th, 2020 at CTICC in Cape Town, South Africa | All information available here

      II. Upcoming opportunities

PanAfGeo – WP5 S4 on Geohazards will take place in Bishoftu, Ethiopia from November 8^th to 17^th, 2019| Language : English | Application Deadline : August 15^th, 2019 | All information available here

PanAfGeo – WP7 on Geoscientific Information Management will take place in Cape Town, South Africa from November 11^th to 22^nd, 2019 | Language : English | Application Deadline : August 16^th, 2019 | All information available here

Sustainable Minerals Institute, the University of Queensland – Global Minerals industry Risk Management course, will take place on November 11^th to 14^th, 2019 | All information available here

Sustainable Minerals Institute, the University of Queensland - 10th Australian Workshop on Acid and Metalliferous Drainage 2020, will take place at the Dubbo Regional Theatre and Convention Centre, on March 23^rd to 26^th, 2020 | All information available here

III. In Case You Missed It (ICYMI): past events

Uganda – Artisanal Small-scale Mining & Quarrying conference and exhibition (ugasm-q) | More information here

Rwanda – Unlocking Access to Finance for Exploration and Upgrading of Rwanda’s Mining Sector | More information here

Kenya – East and Southern Africa Coloured Gemstones: from mine to market | More information here

IV. What we are reading

UNDP – Managing Mining for Sustainable Development – A Source book │The publication is available

here

Using the Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM) to Report on Mining Sector Procurement from Women–Owned Businesses │ The Publication is available here

Mining Local Procurement Reporting Mechanism (LPRM) │ The Publication is available here

International Finance Corporation (IFC) – Gender Equality, Infrastructure and PPPs: A Primer │ The publication is available here

Seven Ways New Technology Will Impact the Mining Sector - │ The Publication is available here

Knowledge exchange on mining and environmental challenges in Nigeria  │ The Publication is available here

The Extract July 2019 newsletters on Artisanal Small-Scale Mining and Large-Scale Mining |The Publications are available here  Feature #1  | Feature  #2 | Feature #3 | Feature #5

V. What’s new on Capacity4Dev

New resource for mine sites (in French) | Sand Mining here │ Dimension Stones Mining here │ Sapphire Mining here | Pouzzolane Mining here | Clay Mining here

VI. Recent photos, videos & medias

Photo album - There are some photos of the ACP-EU Development Minerals Programme Phase I’s Final stakeholder consultation conferences organized in the Programme’s Focus Countries │ Like, Share & Comment here!

Video – One of the Jamaica’ Small Grants beneficiaries, Robert Cambpell, sharing his experience at the ACP-EU Development Minerals training in Tanzania, and its impact after receiving the grants│ Like, Share & Comment here!