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The MINERAL RESOURCES FORUM is an information resource on issues related to minerals, metals and sustainable development. More...
Recent News Highlights

12 November 2007, Analisis -Mining boom in Indonesia -- so near, yet so far. Source: Reuters UK

11 November 2007, Pan American Silver Has Third-Quarter Profit on Record Output. Source: Bloomberg.com.

11 November 2007, BHP, Rio mega merger good news for iron-ore price - KIO. Source: Creamer Media´s Mining Weekly

11 November 2007, Diamond Certification - New standards go into effect soon. Source: Canadian Mining Journal

11 November 2007, Côte d'Ivoire: Diamonds From Country Need Cleaning. Source: allAfrica.com

22 August 2007, Xstrata Copper eyeing $10 billion in expansion. Source: Reuters UK

22 August 2007, BHP Billiton says annual net profit up 28.4 per cent to record. Source: Canadian Business Online.

21 August, Rio Tinto Wins Review of Ruling on Papua New Guinea Claims. Source: Bloomberg

21 August 2007, Several China mines had suspended work ahead of flooding that trapped 181 in coal shafts. Source: SignOnSanDiego

20 August 2007, Ghana: Communities Urge Government to Increase Mining Royalties. Source: allAfrica.com

01 August 2007, Copper, gold, platinum, diamonds, nickel. Labour disputes hamper production. Source: Mineweb

01 August 2007, Copper falls as U.S. home building slows. Source: International Herald Tribune

01 August 2007, Gold, copper end at highest levels in more than two months. Source: Market Watch

18 June 2007, Asian markets Monday shrug off Swiss gold sales announcement. Source Mineweb.

15 June 2007, Kimberley Process – United to fight blood diamonds! Source: EU Press Room.

15 June 2007, Zambia: Mines Social Responsibility Attracts State's Interest. Source: allAfrica.com

10 June 2007, Governor lauds Mining firms. Source: Ghana Homepage.

10 May 2007, Tanzania to remove some mining incentives to benefit more from its resources. Source: Mineweb.

09 May 2007, Foreign investors’ views on Latin American taxation. Source: Inter-American Development Bank

04 May 2007, Mercury: ban exports and make storage safer. Source: European Parliament.

04 May 2007, Experts say nations have means to tackle global warming. Source: Agence France-Presse.

04 May 2007, Anglo's buying spree bags Peru copper. Source: Miningmx

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Recent Documents/Sites

Resource Endowment initiative. The Challenge of Mineral Wealth: Using resource endowments to foster sustainable development. This multi-stakeholder initiative began in May 2004 in partnership with ICMM, UNCTAD and the World Bank Group and has been carried out in three distinct phases.

The biodiversity partnership program: Rio Tinto - The case study published by the WBCSD details eight partnerships between Rio Tinto and environmental, educational and indigenous NGOs.
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.
Business as Usual with Marginal Change (PDF) - Dr. Emil Salim, Extractive Industries Review, 22 July 2004. Final comments to the World Bank Management Response.
Civil Society Views on the World Bank's Extractive Industries Review - http://www.eireview.info/ - New website.
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Upcoming Events

"International Workshop Management of Mining Revenues and Economic Diversification Opportunities"

(10-11 December 2007) Lima, Peru, Organized by UNCTAD

"Diamonds in Kimberley" Symposium. (23– 24 August 2007, South Africa)

Asia Mining Congress 2007 (26-30 March Sigapore)

6th World Copper Conference (27-29 March, 2007, Satiago, Chile)

2007 ASIA Nonferrous Metals Investment Dialogue (15-17 April, China  

 TBC May 2006 - 9th International Symposium on Environmental Issues and Waste Management in Energy and Mineral Production (SWEMP 2006)

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New Site Developments
Mining, Environment and Development CD-Rom - An online version of the CD-Rom jointly produced by UNCTAD and UNEP featuring a wide range of documents on mining and sustainable development issues.
Mining and International Law.
Mining and the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD).
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UNCTAD and the Mining Sector

International Workshop Management of Mining Revenues and Economic Diversification Opportunities"

10-11 December 2007 Lima, Peru - UNCTAD. (See presentations)

International Workshop Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development

Arequipa – Peru, 11-12 October, 2006. UNCTAD

Guía para la Gestión de las Autoridades Locales de Pueblos y Distritos Mineros de América Latina y el Caribe - United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and UNCTAD, December 2003. A management guide for the local authorities of towns and mineral districts of Latin America and the Caribbean. Documents available for download.

The Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Peru with the assistance of UNCTAD have developed the website Red Latinoamericana sobre Industrias Extractivas y Desarrollo Sostenible
Self-Regulation of Environmental Management Guidelines set by world industry associations for their members’ firms: An update 1996–2003 (PDF 269KB)- UNCTAD, 2003. The report reviews seven industry self regulatory codes in detail including that of the ICMM.
Commodity Yearbook 2003 - Includes statistical data from 1970 to 2000 on the production, trade and consumption of minerals, metals and ores at the world, region and country level.
Cajamarca y la Incidencia de Minera Yanacocha: Marco para el Desarrollo Sostenible - Anida Yupari, UNCTAD. (Cajamarca and the impact of the Yanacocha mine)
Desarrollo Basado En Los Recursos Naturales No Renovables: Estructura Legal, Administrativa y Financiera para el Desarrollo Descentralizado en El Perú - UNCTAD report examining development in Peru based upon non-renewable natural resources.

A series of papers by UNCTAD on Mining, Environment and Development.

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