Technical Reports
Up one levelAccess various reports and technical documents from our participant organizations, government agencies, or other sources.
- August 2008 General Accounting Office Report on Mining Royalties
- US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Acid Mine Drainage Review
- Gold: At What Price?
- The Need for a Public Debate on the Fate of National Gold Reserves. By John Young.
- Mines, Rivers, Fish
- Examples of modern mines that damaged rivers and fisheries. By Mara Bacsjulaky, October 2004.
- Mining Myths
- Seven myths that prop up the mining industry in Canada. From Mining Watch Canada
- Looking Beneath the Surface
- An Assessment of the Value of Public Support for the Metal Mining Industry in Canada. From MiningWatch Canada.
- Hardrock Reclamation Bonding Practices in the Western US
- From the Center for Science in Public Participation.
- Submarine Tailings Disposal Toolkit
- From Mining Watch Canada and Project Underground
- Mining Investors: Understanding the legal structure of a mining company and identifying its management, shareholders and relationship with the financial market
- Communities dealing with the impact from mining activities (whether at the claim-staking, exploration, development, operating, closure, or restoration/rehabilitation stage) find themselves confronted by a legal entity they may not understand, making demands that are contrary to the desires of the community, and giving reason for its behaviour that they do not know how to counteract. This Resource is an attempt to understand the nature of this legal entity - what drives it and maintains it, where its strengths and vulnerabilities lie - and to provide some tools to persuade the entity to act in a manner that sees the best interests of the community as part of its self-interest.
- World Bank Extractive Industries Review
- Executive Summary. For the full report go to: http://www.eireview.org/html/EIRFinalReport.html
- Position Paper on Perpetual Water Treatment for Mines
- From the Center for Science in Public Participation.
- Alaska Community Right-to-Know
- From Alaska Community Action on Toxics
- The Role of Metal Mining in the Alaska Economy
- A report by Dr. Tom Power at the University of Montana.
- False Promises
- Water Quality Predictions Gone Wrong. Large Mines and Water Pollution.
- Environmental Impacts of Mining
- Compiled by Alaskans for Responsible Mining.
- Effects of Mining on Women's Health in Labrador West
- In 2004 MiningWatch Canada partnered with the Labrador West Status of Women Council and the Femmes francophones de l'Ouest du Labrador on a joint effort to explore community women's own perceptions of the effects on their health from living in a mining town.
- Dirty Metals: Mining, Communities, and the Environment
- From EARTHWORKS and Oxfam America
- The Curse of Gold
- From Human Rights Watch
- Understanding Mining Rights in Ontario
- by Lara McGuire and Jonquille Pak of the Canary Research Institute. August, 2005. http://www.canaryinstitute.ca/Publications/Understanding_Mining_Rts.pdf
- Mining Closure Plans: Your Right to Know!
- August 2005. http://www.canaryinstitute.ca/Publications/Ontario_Closure_Brochure.pdf
- Grassroots Guide to Abandoned Mine Cleanup
- From Trout Unlimited. The guide is intended for volunteers, community groups, and other interested parties who may be interested in restoring an abandoned mine but don’t know where to start. Besides laying out a step by step process, it profiles four western citizens who worked with their community to clean up a mine and improve local fisheries or water quality.
- Uranium Mining in Canada
- Beneath the Surface: Aboriginal Rights and Mining Law in British Columbia
- This publication provides an overview of aboriginal rights law in Canada,the laws that govern mining in British Columbia, and provincial policies relating to mining and First Nations.
- Nuclear Power in Canada: An examination of risks, impacts and sustainability
- Comparison of Predictions and Actual Water Quality at Hardrock Mines
- This report analyzes the reliability of predictions in Environmental Impact Statements
- Predicting Water Quality at Hardrock Mines
- Methods, models, uncertainties and state-of-the-art
- Uranium Mining Fact Sheets
- A summary of fact sheets on uranium mining.
- Kemess North Panel Report Executive Summary
- Kemess North Joint Review Panel Report
- Aquifer Tests at Proposed Burdock Uranium Mine Site
- Prediction Manual for Drainage Chemistry from Sulphidic Geologic Materials
- Accurate and timely prediction of acidic drainage and metal leaching are keys to preventing potential environmental impacts and minimizing the high costs of mitigation. Prediction of drainage chemistry is a technically challenging subject, involving a large number of methods, properties and processes. The Manual was developed to provide a comprehensive, in-depth level of understanding for use by technical experts or practitioners to conduct a prediction program and/ or review the results. It also serves as a reference document for members of the public, educators or students studying or reviewing drainage chemistry.
- The Quest for Responsible Small-Scale Gold Mining
- As currently practiced, artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) of metals can have destructive impacts on communities and the environment. Adopting principles and standards for responsible ASM practices may allow miners to minimize harmful impacts and allow ASM to provide a net benefit to communities. A number of initiatives have sought to determine what those responsible practices should be and how they can be implemented.
