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Anglo American Plc
The site contains information on corporate responsibility and sustainable development. It also includes information about the international commitments of the company.          

Xstrata Plc
The site provides information on sustainable development issues and social programmes. Environmental issues such as climate change, biodiversity and water are also included in the site.   

AngloGold Ashanti Limited
The site provides information on corporate social responsibility, occupational health and safety, environmental matters and community relationships. It also includes information on HIV/Aids programmes.     

Barrick Gold Corporation
The site provides information on environmental and social responsibility cases studies. Health and safety issues are also reported in the site.   

Anglo Platinum
Enter site and follow "People & Environment" for statements on human resources, social responsibility and environmental policy

Cominco
Company policy with respect to the environment and social responsibility

Falconbridge Ltd.
Information on sustainability is available from the Environment section on the website.

Freeport McMoran
The Environment and Social Programs section contains information on human rights and social policy, issues and initiatives.

Newmont Australia (formerly Normandy Mining)
Provides statement of company policy with respect to indigenous people.

Placer Dome
Policy statement and report on sustainability are available in English and Spanish.

Rio Tinto
Social and Environmental policies, reports and other information.

• 'Mining in the Philippines - Concerns and Conflicts' July/August 2006. (pdf file). Report produced by Trócaire partner PIPLinks, representatives of the Society of St. Columban, CEESP, and ICHR.

• National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries Advisory Group Report March 29, 2007. (pdf file) The report reflects a diverse range of views provided to the four National Roundtables on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) from both the public and from governmental and non-governmental experts. The Roundtables were organized by a Steering Committee of Government of Canada officials working closely with an Advisory Group comprising persons drawn from industry, labour, the socially responsible investment community, civil society and academia.

• Taking the Lead: Mining and the Challenge of Economic Development (PDF 208KB) - Nicolas Di Boscio, Rio Tinto Economics Department. Paper presented to the International Mining Seminar: ‘Global Investment, Local Challenges’, University of Dundee, Dundee 7-10 June 2004.
  This paper examines from the perspective of Rio Tinto the effect of mining projects at the regional and local level, how local economies cope with the economic stimulus from large mines, and under what circumstances can large-scale mines maximise their potential to promote economic development.

• Human Rights in Natural Resource Development: Public Participation in the Sustainable Development of Mining and Energy Resources -
  Edited by Donald M. Zillman, Alastair Lucas, and George (Rock) Pring. The book presents a new human right of public participation by those affected by natural resource development that is expected to define major economic developments in the future.

• Environmental contamination, community transformation and the Centralia Mine Fire - Stephen R. Couch. Chapter 3: The long road to recovery: Community responses to industrial disaster. Ed. James K Mitchell, UNU Press, 1996.

• Community Consultation, Sustainable Development and the Inter-American Development Bank: A Concept Paper. Norman Schwartz and Anne Deruyterre.- Framework for addressing community consultation in the context of the Bank's projects. 1996

• Mineral Exploration and the Challenge of Community Relations. Ian Thompson and Susan Joyce. - (PDF file 27KB)

• Research Areas Identified by Advisory Group. The Mineral Policy Research Institute, International Development Research Center. - Discussion of the issues that arise between governments, local communities, and mining companies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

• The rise of the community. Gary McMahon and John Strongman. - Highlights the increasing importance of community issues and reports on work by the World Bank and others in this area. (PDF)

• Towards Building Sustainable Livelihoods in 'Artisanal Mining' Communities. Beatrice Labonne (DESA) and Jonathan Gilman (UNDP).
  Paper presented at the Tripartite Meeting on Social and Labour Issues in Small-scale mines, ILO, Geneva, 17-21 May 1999. Application of sustainable economic, social and community development principles to the arena of small scale mineral development. For ordering information contact ILO Publications, by e-mail at pubvent@ilo.org or by facsimile +41 22 799-6938 (Geneva, Switzerland).

• What is the community? Dr Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt.- A discussion of community rights from a community point of view.

• Venezuela: Indians’ mining victory Source: Survival. Posted 09 April 2007

• Guatemala is one of many countries that has attracted the investment of Canadian mining companies—but at what cost to its people? Source: This Magazine. Author: Maria Amuchastegui. Posted 07 April 2007

• Indigenous Perspectives: The Myth of Sustainable and Responsible Mining - Tebtebba Foundation, Vol. 5, No.1, 2002.
  The third in a series focusing on the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD). The issue discusses the mining industry's efforts to present its paradigm of “Sustainable and Responsible Mining” to greenwash industry activities. These initiatives are critiqued in the light of indigenous peoples' opposition to extractive industries that mine and destroy their lands.

• Convention 169 – Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (27 June 1989). International Labour Conference.

• Draft Declaration on the Rights of Inidigenous Peoples. United Nations High Commission for Human Rights.
  

• "Indigenous Peoples" in International Law: A Constructivist Approach to the Asian Controversy. Benedict Kingsbury. Reference : 92 American Journal of International Law 414 (1998). - Essay on the definition of and application of international legal norms (particularly human rights norms) to indigenous peoples.

• Articles about the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. - A bibliography with some links.

• Resource Development and Human Rights: A Look at the Case of the Lubicon Cree Indian Nation of Canada. Andrew Huff. Reference: 10 Colorado Journal of International Environmental Law and Policy 161 (Winter, 1999). - Discussion of inclusion of environmental harm within the peremptory norm against genocide for environmental damage resultant from resource development in light of findings by the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights in the case of the Lubicon Cree versus the Japanese development interest Daishowa.

• Royal Commission Report on Aboriginal Peoples: Challenges and Oppurtunities for Corporate Canada. Robin A. Wortman. Reference: Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation, International Resources Law Projects: Straddling the Millenium. Mineral Law Series. Volume 1999, Number 2, paper 11B. - Discussion on the role of aboriginal peoples in decision-making processes for resource development.