All publications: Mining
Powering the future: Critical energy transition minerals and the workforce of tomorrow
This brief presents skills insight on critical energy transition mineral sector.
RBCLAC Project
Advancing Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean
This brief highlights key results of the Responsible Business Conduct in Latin America and the Caribbean (RBCLAC) Project—implemented jointly by the ILO, OECD and OHCHR with European Union funding—including national sectoral roadmaps for agriculture...
Agriculture and Minerals
Sectoral Transformation through National Roadmaps on Responsible Business Conduct
Through targeted engagement, sector-specific roadmaps are being co-developed by the RBC-LAC Project with leading industry associations to align practices with international labour standards and due diligence processes.
Costa Rica
Addressing Forced Labour and the Labour Dimension of Responsible Business Conduct
In Costa Rica, the ILO developed the Fair Recruitment Toolbox for the sugar industry that included guidelines for preventing and addressing forced labour risks hence ensuring alignment with the local context related to labour recruitment practices...
Supply chains
Decent work in renewable energy and critical mineral supply chains: Trends, challenges and innovations in Asia and the Pacific
Based on research on nickel supply chains in Indonesia and the Philippines and on the copper supply chain in Mongolia, this new ILO brief highlights that although decent work gaps persist in Asia and the Pacific’s booming renewable energy and...
ILO brief
Employment in the critical minerals sector: A case study of Indonesia, Mongolia and the Philippines
In the face of rapid digital transformation and the transition to net zero, the supply of critical minerals is of strategic importance. Asia and the Pacific is a major source of critical minerals such as nickel and rare earth elements. This...
Mid-term report of the SEDWAY and BG4YE projects
Empowering women and youth: Advancing opportunities through African Development Bank-supported initiatives
ILO and African Development Bank (AfDB) projects (2022-2026) spread in six districts, are building sustainable enterprises, fostering value addition, and creating decent jobs, strengthening entrepreneurship ecosystems and driving economic growth....
Evidence-Based Policy Making for Decent Work
How can occupational safety and health standards be improved in Pakistan’s mining sector?
IRENA-ILO joint report
Renewable Energy and Jobs - Annual Review 2024
Renewable energy development not only changes the mix of energy sources powering the world’s economies, but also creates jobs, builds economic value and enhances human well-being. This 11th edition of the Annual Review is the product of a...
Impacts for occupational safety and health
Chemical exposures in mining
Occupational exposure to chemicals in the mining sector continues to pose a major safety and health risk to workers globally.A number of toxic chemicals are commonly used in mining practices, including mercury, cyanide, sulfuric acid and solvents,...
8.7 Accelerator Lab: the ingredients for change
The “theory of change” to eliminate child labour in the mining sector
Sector Education and Training Authority (SETA) System in South Africa - Dr Thabo Moshongoane (CEO - Mining Qualifications Authority)
Child labour in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Nigeria: A situational analysis
The study carries out an analysis of child labour in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector in Nigeria, providing key recommendations aimed at ensuring the elimination of child labour in the sector.
Denmark-ILO Cooperation
Denmark is a founding Member State of the ILO, and a key partner of the ILO in promoting the Decent Work Agenda. Denmark has ratified all ten Fundamental Conventions, the four Priority Conventions, and 59 Technical Conventions.
Canada-ILO Cooperation, June 2023
Canada joined the ILO in 1919 as one of the founding Member States of the Organization. Since then, Canada has ratified numerous ILO Conventions, including nine of the ten Fundamental Conventions, three Governance Conventions and 26 Technical...
Chemicals in Mining
Occupational safety and health
A flipbook on improving occupational safety and health in the natural stone industry in India
This flipbook has been developed under the ILO initiative ‘Paving the way for sustainable development of natural stone industry in Rajasthan’ funded by the Government of Flanders (Belgium).
Green Jobs
A just energy transition in Southeast Asia: The impact of coal phase-out on jobs
Coal is the most carbon-intensive fossil fuel, and its rapid phasing out is essential to limit global warming to 1.5°C. However, the status of coal power plants as of 2021 shows that the world is far from reaching this objective unless drastic steps...
Australia: Preliminary analysis of ILO mining employment data by sex
Peru: Preliminary analysis of ILO mining employment data by sex