Distance Learning Courses

• Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy
  • Mineral Law and Policy
  • Mineral and Petroleum Taxation
• Sustainable Minerals Institute
• Virtual University for Sustainable Development

Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee

Mineral Law and Policy

Author: Elizabeth Bastida
Co-ordinator of Distance Learning Courses: Janeth Warden-Fernandez.
University of Dundee, 2002.
The CEPMLP in collaboration with the Centre for Medical Education.

The Mineral Law and Policy course documents below form two units that provide an introduction to the complete course offered through the CEPMLP. These introductory units refer to the fundamentals of mineral law and policy including its underlying technical, economic and political factors, as well as the basic concepts and instruments of mineral law.

The aim of the complete course is to provide participants with an overview of the core concepts of mineral law as practised in a variety of jurisdictions, identifying the main instruments of mineral law and policy including mining codes and mineral agreements. This is accompanied by an overview of the contemporary evolution of mining legislation, mineral investment agreements, major actors and their legal and policy status. Further information on the complete course may be obtained from the CEPMLP website.

The introductory course documents are:

• Title Page (Adobe PDF 28KB)
• Introduction (Adobe PDF 24KB)
• Unit 1: Fundamentals of Mineral Law and Policy (Adobe PDF 1.5MB)
• Unit 2: Basic Instruments and Concepts of Mineral Law (Adobe PDF 1.7MB)
• Readings List (Adobe PDF 64KB)
  

Mineral and Petroleum Taxation

Author: Philip Andrews-Speed
Co-ordinator of the Distance Learning Courses: Janeth Warden-Fernandez
University of Dundee, August 2000
Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP) in collaboration with the Centre for Medical Education

• Mineral and Petroleum Taxation (Adobe PDF 1.45MB)
• Sistema Tributario para Minerales y Petróleo (Spanish version, Adobe PDF 871KB)

Sustainable Minerals Institute, University of Queensland, Australia

The SMI offers a range of online distance learning courses primarily through its various research centres.

• Environmental Management for Mining (Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma and Masters) - Centre for Mined Land Rehabilitation (CMLR)

• Graduate Certificate, Diploma and Masters in Minerals Industry Risk Management - University of Queensland, Sustainable Minerals Institute, Minerals Industry Safety and Health Centre (MISHC)
  

The MISHC offer a distance learning Graduate Certificate course designed for minerals industry professionals who wish to acquire an advanced level of expertise in the area of Risk Management. All courses are delivered via an Internet platform, supported by other learning methods as appropriate with some having 2 day off campus workshops.

More information on the Graduate Certificate is available from the MISHC website: http://www.mishc.uq.edu.au

Also see Related Sites for further institutions offering courses through distance education.

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