Non Governmental Institutions   (usually not mentioned in other pages of the INFOMIMET directory)
	Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran   (Iran ; see Dept. of Engineering Sciences)
	Alberta Chamber of Resources - ACR   (Canada)
	Alliance for Global Sustainability - AGS   (a partnership among institutions from Japan, Sweden, Switzerland and USA)
	Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at a Local Level - APELL   (a special Program of UNEP/DTIE, France)
	Belarus Academy of Sciences   (Belarus ; site not available in english)
	British Institute of Science Tecnology - IST   (United Kingdom)
	Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)
	Bulgarian Chamber of Mining and Geology   (Bulgaria)
	BusinessCare National Trust   (New Zealand)
	California Mineral Education Foundation   (USA)
	Cámara de Minería del Ecuador - CME   (Ecuador ; site only in spanish)
	Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación - CANACINTRA   (Mexico ; site only in spanish)
	Cast Metals Institute - CMI   (USA)
	Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN   (USA)
	Centre d'Actualisation des Connaissances et de l'Étude des Matériaux Industriels - CACEMI   (France ; site only in french)
	Centro de Formación Técnica Minera - CFTM   (Peru ; site only in spanish)
	Centre d'Information du Cuivre, Laitons et Alliages - CICLA   (France ; site only in french)
	Centro de Estudios del Cobre y la Minería - CESCO   (Chile ; site only in spanish)
	Chamber of Minerals and Energy of Western Australia   (Australia)
	Chamber of Mines of Eastern British Columbia - CMEBC   (Canada)
	Chamber of Mines of South Africa   (South Africa)
	Chinese Academy of Engineering - CAE   (China)
	Chinese Academy of Sciences - CAS   (China)
	Chrysotile Institute   (Canada)
	Cleaner Production in China   (an initiative of the National Development and Reform Commission / Government of the People's Republic of China ; see case studies)
	Closed Nuclear Cities Partnership   (a partnership between the United Kingdom and Russia ; see also Closed Nuclear Centres Programme and the webpages of the Nuclear Centres in Kazakhstan , Ukraine and Uzbekistan - there are lots of useful information about mining and metallurgical enterprises in these countries)
	Coal Research Forum - CRF   (United Kingdom)
	Communities and Small-Scale Mining - CASM   (USA)
	Copper Benelux   (Belgium ; site only in french and dutch)
	Copper Development Centre   (Australia)
	Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - CSIR   (South Africa)
	Czech Academy of Sciences   (Czech Republic)
	Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft - DFG   (also known, in english, as Research Foundation, Germany)
	EARTHWORKS Mineral Policy Center   (USA)
	Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand - EIANZ   (Australia)
	Environmental Research Web   (an initiative of IOP-Institute of Physics, United Kingdom)
	European Science Foundation - ESF   (France)
	Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative - EITI   (Norway)
	Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer - FITT   (India)
	Georgia Academy of Science   (Georgia)
	Geo-Systems Centre - CVRM   (a research center of Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal)
	Global Environment Facility - GEF   (USA)
	Hobart Institute of Welding Technology   (USA)
	Hosokawa Powder Technology Research Institute and Foundation   (Japan; see also the scientific journal KONA, published annually)
	Industrial Research Institute - IRI   (USA)
	INSnet Foundation for Sustainability   (Netherlands)
	Institute of Nanotechnology - IoN   (United Kingdom)
	Instituto Latinamericano del Fierro y el Acero - ILAFA   (Chile)
	International Center for Scientific Research - CIRS   (France)
	International Copper Study Group - ICSG   (Portugal)
	International Corrosion Council - ICC   (Germany and other countries)
	International Council on Mining and Metals - ICMM   (United Kingdom)
	International Federation of Consulting Engineers - FIDIC   (Switzerland)
	International Forum on Sustainable Options for Uranium Production - IFSOUP   (USA - temporary secretary)
	International Institute for Environment and Development - IIED   (United Kingdom)
	International Institute for Sustainable Development - IISD   (Canada; alternative site)
	International Lead and Zinc Study Group - ILZSG   (Portugal)
	International Lead Management Center - ILMC   (USA)
	International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement - INECE   (USA)
	International Nickel Study Group - INSG   (Portugal)
	International Organization of Materials, Metals and Minerals Societies - IOMMMS   (USA, Australia and Japan)
	International Stainless Steel Forum - ISSF   (Belgium)
	INTERZINC   (Canada and USA)
	Investment Casting Institute - ICI   (USA)
	Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organisation - IMIDRO   (Iran)
	Ironmongers' Company   (United Kingdom)
	Kazakhstan Scientific Collaborative Network   (Kazakhstan)
	Korea Mineral Resources Information Service   (Korea ; site not available in english)
	MATTER / University of Liverpool   (United Kingdom; a non-profit consortium of Materials Science Departments from British Universities - contains various e-learning resources related to metallurgy, X-ray diffraction and gamma spectrometry. Some of the available tools are: aluMATTER ; aluSelect ; SteelMATTER)
	Mineral Information Institute - MII   (USA)
	Mineral Policy Institute - MPI   (Australia ; alternative site)
	Minerals Council of Australia - MCA   (Australia)
	Minerals UK - Centre for Sustainable Mineral Development   (United Kingdom)
	Mines and Communities   (a cooperation project among three institutions in the United Kingdom)
	Mines Ministries of the Americas   (Canada)
	Mining Industry Council of Missouri   (USA)
	Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development - MMSD   (project supported by IIED-International Institute for Environment and Development, United Kingdom and by WBCSD-World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Switzerland)
	Mining Policy Research Initiative - MPRI   (created by IDRC-International Development Research Centre, Canada)
	National Coal Council   (USA)
	Natural Resources and Sustainable Development - NRSD   (an initiative of UNCTAD, Switzerland)
	New South Wales Minerals Council - NSWMC   (Australia)
	Non-Ferrous Metals and their Contribution to Sustainable Development - NFMSD   (an initiative of the International Study Groups on Copper , Nickel , Lead and Zinc, Portugal)
	Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences - NTVA   (Norway)
	Nuclear Threat Initiative - NTI   (USA ; see, for example : countries profiles  and  Russia: Foreign Assistance)
	Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)
	Programa de Desarrollo Minero Artesanal - CooperAcción   (Peru ; site only in spanish)
	Proyecto de Educación Minera Escolar - CODELCOEDUCA   (Chile ; site only in spanish)
	Proyecto GAMA - Gestión Ambiental en la Minería Artesanal   (Peru ; site only in spanish)
	REFILL - Rehabilitation of Abandoned Bauxite Surface Mines   (Greece)
	Responsible Gold   (USA)
	Rocks for Crops Foundation   (Canada)
	Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation - RMMLF   (USA)
	Russian Academy of Sciences - RAS   (Russia)
	Slovak Academy of Sciences   (Slovakia)
	South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy - SACOME   (Australia)
	Southeast Asia Iron and Steel Institute - SEAISI   (Malaysia)
	Southwest Research and Information Center - SRIC   (USA ; see Mining Program)
	Stainless Steel Information Center - SSINA   (USA)
	Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau - SCRIB   (United Kingdom)
	Steel Recycling Institute - SRI   (USA)
	Steel University   (developed in partnership between the World Steel Association and MATTER/University of Liverpool, contains various e-learning resources on steel technologies for students and steel industry supply chain employees)
	Sustainable Development Program   (an initiative of OECD-Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, France)
	The French Steel Information Agency   (or, in french, Office Technique pour l'Utilisation de l'Acier - OTUA)
	The Lead Group   (Australia)
	The Refractories Institute - TRI   (USA)
	The World Bank   (USA ; see Key Topics in Mining)
	UNCTAD Mineral Resources Forum   (Switzerland ; see also Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining)
	UNESCO / División Ciencias de la Tierra - América Latina y el Caribe   (Uruguay ; site only in spanish)
	United Nations Division for Sustainable Development   (belongs to the Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs, USA)
	U.S. National Academies / Board on Earth Sciences and Resources   (USA ; see also Water Information Center)
	Welding Research Council - WRC   (USA)
	Western Mining Action Network - WMAN   (USA)
	Wolfson Heat Treatment Centre - WHTC   (United Kingdom)
	World Business Council for Sustainable Development - WBCSD   (Switzerland and USA)
	World Environmental Organization   (USA)
	World Gold Council - WGC   (United Kingdom and other countries)
	World Resources Institute - WRI   (USA)
	Yukon Chamber of Mines   (Canada)
	Zinc Information Centre   (United Kingdom)
	NOTES : Whenever NGOs are in french, portuguese or spanish speaking countries their names were maintained in the original languages. In parentheses are the countries where the Secretaries of these NGOs are located.
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