Miners urge new rules, more transparency
Canada’s mining industry is developing a plan for mandatory reporting of all resource company payments to government – both foreign and domestic – arguing that greater transparency is both a boon to investors and critical in gaining broader social acceptance for global resource industries. The country’s two largest mining groups – the Mining Association of […]
Mining partnerships the right thing to do
Catherine Coumans, co-ordinator for MiningWatch Canada, an advocacy NGO, took aim at the Canadian International Development Agency, the mining industry and NGOs in the international development field for recently collaborating on three projects in Latin America and Africa. In doing so, she shows herself to be out of step with evolving public policy thinking in […]
Recommendations of the National Roundtables on CSR and the Extractive Industry in Developing Countries
Prepared by On Common Ground Consultants Inc.
Comparative Review of the Canada Mining Regulation Royalty
Comparative Review of the Rate of Royalty in the Canada Mining Regulation, as it relates to National and International Competitiveness. Prepared by Two Ducks Resources – Analysis for the Mining Association of Canada and the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, June 2008.