Mining and the environment legislation

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Access to international laws and regulations governing mine reclamation and mine closure benefits mining companies and investors active in the development of new mines, environmental consultants responsible for the development, implementation and monitoring of rehabilitation plans, as well as the global mining research community.  Companies and investors will have a clear understanding of the jurisdiction's environmental requirements prior to mine development, while environmental consulting firms will be familiar with the standards and regulations with which they must comply before they begin research at a mine site.

Links have been provided to statutes, regulations, and associated guidelines and forms, which comprise a jurisdiction's legislative requirements for mine closure and rehabilitation.  Where environmental laws for mining are clauses, chapters or sections within a more general statute, a referral to the general statute is given.  Links are to English or French translations of legislation, if provided by the jurisdiction, and to legislation in the official language of the country.  The only official version of the statute is in the jurisdiction's official language or languages.

The resources provided have all been verified, and reflect the status of environmental legislation for mining at the time the jurisdiction was researched.  However, Web sites for government resources are constantly changing, as pages are updated or reorganized.  Jurisdictions also amend existing laws or introduce new legislation from time to time.  Please contact the editors if a country's statutes or regulations have been updated, or if a link is no longer working.

Researchers from universities, government agencies, and the private sector are invited to submit additional links for online mining environmental laws for jurisdictions not included on this list.  Please contact the editors, Glen Kelly or Ron Slater, with details.

The primary focus of the Mining Environment Database is on hard rock mining.  Consequently, environmental legislation for the oil and natural gas industry is not included in this summary.  For the coal-mining sector, legislation is included for the rehabilitation and reclamation aspects of abandoned or inactive coal mines.

 
 
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