This post was originally published on this site. Mining companies routinely describe artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) as a material risk. Too often, however, it is still managed with incomplete information and addressed only after it has disrupted operations, crossed concession boundaries, or created environmental and social liabilities.   Gold Fields flags illegal and artisanal mining across parts of its Ghana, Peru, and South Africa operations, with potential security, reputational, environmental, social, and financial impacts. AngloGold Ashanti lists ASM as a potential source of business disruption, with environmental, health, safety, security, and liability implications. Southern Copper has stated that illegal mining at its Los Chancas project in Peru needs to cease before...