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Other International Organizations

• United Nations, Economic and Social Development
• United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• United Nations Industrial Development (UNIDO)
• International Labour Office - Mining Activities
• International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG)

Research Organizations

• The Mining and Energy Research Network (MERN)
• University of Bath, Mining & Environment Research Network
• University of Dundee, Scotland. Centre for Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
• International Development Research Organization (IDRC), Mineral Policy Research Initiative
• North South Institute--A research institute in Canada focused on international development
• International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
• International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
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• Raw Materials Group

Government Agencies

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Industry Associations

• Mineral Council of Australia
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• ICMM (International Council on Mining and Metals)

Mining Companies

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• WMC Limited

Government Organizations

• Metal Mining Agency of Japan (MMAJ)
• BGS (British Geological Survey)
• BRGM (Geoscience for a Sustainable Earth)

Nongovernment Organizations

• World Resources Institute
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• Conservation International

Information about Coal

• Roadmapping Coal's Future
• World Coal Institute
• IEA Clean Coal Center
• Learn About Coal
• How to Clean Coal
• Clean Coal Technology
• Clean Coal Technology Compendium
• Clean Coal Technology: How it works
• Cleaner coal? Activists now say it’s possible ‘Gasification’ praised, but hurdle becomes what to do with carbon emissions
• European Clean Coal Network
• The National Mining Association's Clean Coal Technology