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Related Sites - United States of America
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Mining
Technology's - List of USA Associations
National
Mining Association
The NMA represents coal, metal and mineral mining, processing, transportation,
suppliers, financial, engineering and other businesses related to
the mining industry. One of their key objectives is the promoting
the production and use of mineral resources.
Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
(SME)
SME is an international society of professionals in the minerals
industry with more than 13,000 members in nearly 100 countries.
The Society is organized into five distinct divisions - coal, environmental,
industrial minerals, mineral and metallurgical processing, and mining
and exploration.
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Freeport-McMoran
Copper and Gold Inc.
Freeport-McMoRan, one of the world's largest copper
and gold producers, conducts its mining operations through its Indonesian
affiliate, PT Freeport Indonesia. The company is mining the huge
Grasberg deposit in the Papua highlands near the Papua New Guinea
border in the West of the Indonesian archipelago. Extensive information
on the company's social and environmental programs is available.
Homestake
Mining Company
Homestake a gold mining company was taken over by Barrick Gold Corporation
in 2001.
IMC
Global Inc.
IMC one f the worlds largest agricultural companies, owns and operates
phosphate and potash mining operations primarily for use in fertilizer
production.
Phelps
Dodge Corporation
Newmont
Mining Corporation
Newmont is the worlds largest gold producing company
as of February 2002 with the takeover of Normandy Mining Ltd and
Franco-Nevada Mining Corporation Ltd. The website includes a section
on corporate social responsibility.
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Acid
Drainage Technical Initiative - Metal Mining Sector (ADTI-MMS)
The objective of the ADTI-MMS is to identify, evaluate, develop,
and disseminate information about cost effective, environmentally
sound methods and technologies of managing mining wastes. Members
of the initiative include volunteer representatives from state and
federal government, academia, the mining industry, and consulting
firms.
MineNetwork
Links to mining related websites including companies, suppliers,
consultants and environmental organizations.
MiningUSA
Links to mining related websites.
Sustainable
Mines Roundtable
The Roundtable on Indicators of Sustainable Development
for Mineral/Material and Energy Systems (SMR) is a project of the
Mining Life-Cycle
Center, MacKay School of Mines at the University of Nevada and
funded by the US Forest Service, the US Geological Survey, and other
interested parties. The mission of the Roundtable is to develop
indicators of sustainability to provide a means for assessing the
status and trends of minerals/materials and energy systems.
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