Documents

This page provides a collection of documents and information with relevance to the North America region. They are usually in HTML or PDF format. Documents in HTML format can be viewed through the web browser. Documents in PDF format require the Adobe Acrobat Reader software that is free, and available for download, from the Adobe website.

Users who wish to contribute documents to this page should email the material, preferably in MS Word, Adobe PDF or text formats, to minerals.forum@unctad.org

• Rio + 14 The Fourteenth Annual Rio (Report on International Obligations) Report Card - 2006. Grading the Government of Canada and the Provinces/Territories on their Environmental and Sustainable Development Commitments. Sierra Club of / du Canada. (PDF file)

• Canada’s Global Mining Presence. (2005) Author: André Lemieux. Minerals and Metals Sector, Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Minerals Yearbook. (PDF file)

• Canadian Reserves of Selected Major Metals, and Recent Production Decisions. (2005) Author: Alan Reed. Minerals and Metals Sector, Natural Resources Canada. Canadian Minerals Yearbook. (PDF file)

• Asbestos and Canada. (2004). Author: Joan Kuyek. Published by MiningWatch Canada and the Sierra Club of Canada. (PDF file)

• Report to Congress: Responses to Recommendations In the National Research Council’s Report Coal Waste Impoundments: Risks, Responses, and Alternatives. (2003) Submitted by: Mine Safety and Health Administration U.S. Department of Labor Office of Surface Mining U.S. Department of the Interior. (PDF file)

• Surface Coal Mining Reclamation: 25 years of Progress, 1977-2002. (2003). A report on the protection and restoration of the Nation’s land and water resources under the Surface Mining Law. United States, Department of the Interior Office of Surface Mining Washington, D.C. 20240. (PDF file)

• Looking Beneath the Surface: An Assessment of the Value of Public Support for the Metal Mining Industry in Canada (Adobe PDF in English 915KB and French 506KB) - MiningWatch Canada and the Pembina Institute, 2002. The report shows how the cost to Canadian federal taxpayers for the care and feeding of the metal mining industry has increased to C$383 million a year, while in return the industry is delivering fewer jobs and reduced economic activity. The study quantifies both the public costs to support the metal mining industry and the benefits generated by the industry in fiscal years 1994-95 and 2000-01.
  

• Learning from the Future: Alternative Scenarios for the North American Mining and Minerals Industry (Adobe PDF 1.1MB) - Scenarios Work Group, MMSD-North America regional group report, 2002.

• We Live in Interesting Times A Social Licence to Operate: Essential for Success in Exploration - Ian Thomson, Keynote Talk at the Cordilleran Roundup, BC & Yukon Chamber of Mines, Vancouver, January 1999.

• Mineral Exploration and the Challenge of Community Relations - Ian Thomson and Susan A. Joyce, June 1997

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