Colombia Sets Up a Fund to Back, or Retrain, Its Small Miners

Mining Key Facts —The decrees. Colombia’s government issued two decrees on 11 July setting up support for small-scale miners. —The fund. A Mining Development Fund, known as FONMIN, will finance small mining, formalisation and clean technology. —The exit. A separate programme helps miners who leave the trade retrain and start new businesses. —The split. Some…