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Appendix 1.1
Some Useful Websites
www.miningandtheenvironment.com
The Mining and the Environment website supports this topic. The website offers study sup-
port, and provides access to a wide range of knowledge and environment resources. It has
many useful links, and a section targeted to support the environmental consulting indus-
try. Eventually Mining and the Environment aims to portray modern mining industry as an
environmentally responsible, international citizen ( www.miningandtheenvironment.com ).
American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) is organ-
ized and operated exclusively to advance, record, and disseminate signii cant knowledge
of engineering and the arts and sciences involved in the production and use of minerals,
metals, energy sources and materials for the benei t of humankind. ( www.aimehq.org )
Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research (ACMER) (now University of
Queensland: Sustainable Mineral Institute - SMI) was established as a joint industry and
research institution initiative. A major focus of its activities is mine closure which is con-
sidered as a whole-of-mine-life process which typically results in tenement relinquish-
ment. The Centre pursues its role through research, advisory services and facilitation of
stakeholder forums. ( www.acmer.uq.edu.au )
Australian Aluminium Council (AAC) is the peak body representing the Australian alu-
minium industry. ( www.aluminium.org.au )
Australian Coal Association (ACA) is an industry body representing the interests of the
black coal producers in New South Wales and Queensland, the states that produce 98 per
cent of Australia's black coal. ( www.australiancoal.com.au )
Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) - Australian black coal produc-
ers contribute to a program of collaborative research that is conducted for the benei t of
the coal mining industry. ( www.acarp.com.au )
Australian Mineral and Energy Foundation (AMEEF) is an independent, not-for-proi t
body established in 1991 that encourages sustainable development in the resources sector
by facilitating dialogue amongst stakeholders, promoting excellence in research, education
and training, and recognizing achievements in environmental performance and sustain-
able development. ( www.ameef.com.au )
Australasian Legal Information Institute based at the University of New South Wales
provides access to a wide range of databases of legislation in Australia, New Zealand, the
South Pacii c, Asia, and Africa. ( www.austlii.edu.au )
Australian Uranium Industry Framework (UIF) Steering Group established by the
Australian Government through its Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources in
2005 aims to propose a uranium strategy. ( www.industry.gov.au )
The 1991 Berlin Guidelines ( http://www.mineralresourcesforum.org/workshops/Berlin )
emerged from a United Nations convened roundtable discussion of international mining
experts in Berlin to address environmentally sustainable mineral development. The Berlin
Guidelines set out mining-environment principles for the mining industry as well as for
multilateral and bilateral i nancing institutions. In 2002, a second roundtable discussion
produced a follow-up document referred to as Berlin II.