AMEEF
Australian Minerals and Energy Environment Foundation -- information on mining and the environment, particularly in Australia. |
British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines
Supports and promotes the mineral exploration community, promoting an environmentally responsible mining industry. History and technology of mining and prospecting in Canada, related internet links. |
Citizens Coal Council
Supporting coalfield citizens in the United States. Organization information and fact sheets on mountaintop removal mining, pre-blast surveys, and other topics. |
Environmental Mining Council of British Columbia
Designed to give community organizations the tools they need to take action around mining impacts. Web site offers extensive background information, maps, articles, and photos related to impacts of mineral developments from exploration to abandonment. |
International Directory of Mining Organisations
worldwide listing by country of associations, institutes, government departments and societies for the mining, metallurgy and minerals engineering industries |
Mineral Policy Center
environmental impacts of mining (acid mine drainage, cyanide spills, etc.), reform of U.S. 1872 mining law. Focus on hard rock mining in the United States. |
Mineral Policy Institute
Information on inappropriate mining and its consequences. Includes a mining watch campaign, reports and Mining Monitor magazine, all with worldwide scope. |
Minesite Drainage Assessment Group
Technical information on mines, mining, and environmental geochemistry -- mining and the environment on land and underwater. |
Mining Impact Coalition
Research and education about social, economic and environmental impacts of metallic and nonmetallic mining around the world. |
Mining Watch Canada
Technical and advocacy information about threats to public health, water and air quality, fish and wildlife habitat and community interests posed by irresponsible mineral policies and practices in Canada and around the world. |
Office of Surface Mining
U.S. Dept. of Interior Office of Surface Mining. Implements SMCRA (Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act). Addresses coal mining (open pit and strip mines). |
PROJECT underGROUND online
Supporting communities threatened by the mining & oil industries. |
Rusk County Citizens Action Group
RCCAG educates the Rusk County Board, Wisconsin state legislators and the general public about the negative impacts of metallic sulfide mining. |
USGS Mine Drainage Interest Group
Research on mining and the environment, including abandoned mine lands. Emphasis on hard rock (metals) mining. |
