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Mining, Minerals and Metals Sector Issues

Governance and capacity building

  • Fiscal policy (Incentives/Taxation)
  • Mineral regime (Framework and Enforcement)
  • Management of the mineral wealth
  • Government accountability/transparency
  • Public participation (decision making)
  • Development policies and strategies (national, regional, rural, etc.)
  • Strategic planning (sustainability)
  • Integrated land use planning
  • Cost/benefit analysis
  • Policy integration

Social Communities related

  • Role in decision making
  • Access to information
  • Tenure and land claims
  • Benefit sharing and access to resources
  • Resettlement
  • Occupational health and safety
  • Human resource training, employment
  • AIDS related (impact, management, etc.)
    Socio-economic
  • Artisanal/small scale mining (technological improvements, economic integration)
  • Investment climate/promotion
  • International financing/trade/markets
  • Technology (innovation/development/diffusion)
  • International cooperation/policy making

Environment

  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Financial surety
  • Emergency response/preparedness
  • Mine closure/rehabilitation
  • Orphan and abandoned mines (Mining Legacy)
  • Protected areas
  • Tailings dams
  • Waste management
  • Acid mine drainage

Product Stewardship

  • Risk assessment methodologies (Metals and their compounds)
  • Risk management/safe use
  • Recycling strategies (including incentives)
  • Standards/codes/guidelines (Applicability)
  • Life cycle assessment methodologies (Applicability)

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