| ABAL | Associação Brasieira da Indústrio do Alumínio (Brazilian association of aluminum producers) |
| ALBRAS | Alumínio Brasileiro S.A. [Brazil] |
| ALCOMINAS | Compañía Mineira de Alumínio [Brazil] |
| ALUNORTE | Alumina do Norte do Brasil [Brazil] |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| ANR | National Assembly of University Vice-Chancellors [Peru] |
| asl | above sea level |
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| BAT | Best Available Technology standards |
| BISA | Buenaventura Ingenieros S.A. [Peru] |
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| CAA | Clean Air Act [United States] |
| CDN | National Defence Council [Brazil] |
| CECOCA | Central Local de Cooperativas Cangallí [Bolivia] |
| CEQ | Council on Environmental Quality [United States] |
| CERCLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act |
| CESBRA | Compañía Estanifera do Brasileira [Brazil] |
| CETEC | Fundação Centro Tecnológico (central technological foundation) [Brazil] |
| CETEM | Centro de Tecnologia Mineral (centre for mineral technology) [Brazil] |
| CEZ | critical environmental zone |
| CEZM | CEZ with mining as main source of environmental degradation |
| CIGA | Centro de Investigacion en Geographia Aplicada (centre of applied geographic research) [PUCP] |
| CIMA | internal environmental commission [within each Brazilian mining companiy] |
| CODELCO | Corporación Nacional del Cobre (national copper corporation) [Chile] |
| COFIDE | Coorporación Financier de Desarrollo S.A. (development finance corporation) |
| COMIBOL | Corporación Minera de Bolivia [Bolivian mining corporation] |
| COMSUR | Compañía Minera del Sur [Bolivia] |
| CONAMA | Comisión Nacional del Medio Ambiente (national commission of the environment) [Brazil, Chile] |
| CONAPMAS | National Council for the Protection of the Environment [Peru] |
| COREMA | Comisión Regional del Medio Ambiente (regional commission of the environment) [Chile] |
| CVRD | Compañía Vale do Rio Doce [Brazil] |
| CWA | Clean Water Act [United States] |
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| DEA | Division of Environmental Affairs [Centromín, Peru] |
| DFM | Direccion de Fiscalización Minera (directorate of mining control) [Peru] |
| DGA | Direccion General de Agua (general directorate of waters) [Chile] |
| DGAA | Direccion General de Asuntos Ambeintal (general directorate for environmental affairs) [Peru] |
| DIGESA | Direccion General de Salud Ambiental (general directorate for environmental health) [Peru] |
| DNPM | Departmento Nacional de Produção Mineral (national deparment of mineral production) [Brazil] |
| DSSE | Division of Stationary Source Enforcement [EPA] |
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| EBESA | Empresa Brasileira de Estanho S.A. (Brazilian tin company) |
| ECOTEC | Ecología y Tecnología Ambiental [Peru] |
| EFL | environmental-framework legistation [Chile] |
| EIA | environmental-impact assessment |
| EIA | estudio de impacto ambiental (environmental-impact study) |
| EID | environmental-impact declaration |
| EIS | environmental-impact study |
| ENAMI | Empresa Nacional de Minería (national mining company) [Chile] |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency [United States] |
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| FACA | Federal Advisory Committee Act [United States] |
| FEAM | Fundação Estadual do Meio Ambiente (state foundation for the environment) [Brazil] |
| FEEMA | Fundação Estudual de Engenharia do Meio Ambientestate (foundation for environmental engineering) [Brazil] |
| FIA | Faculty of Environmental Engineering [UNI] |
| FIMMG | Faculty of Mining, Metallurgy and Geological Engineering [UNI] |
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| IBAMA | Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais e Renováveis (Brazilian institute of the environment and renewable natural resources) |
| IBGE | Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatitica (Brazilian institute of geography and statistics) |
| IBRAM | Instituto Brasileiro de Mineração (Brazilian institute of mining) |
| ICME | International Council on Metals and the Environment |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| IEA | Institute for Environmental Studies [PUCP] |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation [World Bank] |
| IIC | Inter-American Investment Corporation [IDB] |
| IIMM | Instituto de Investigaciones Minero Metalúrgico (institute for the study of mining and metallurgy) [Bolivia] |
| IMC | International Management Centres |
| INGEMMET | Instituto Geológico, Minero y Metalúrgico (geological, mining, and metallurgical institute) [Peru] |
| INRENA | Instituto Nacional de Recursos Naturales (national institute of natural resources) [Peru] |
| INSO | Instituto Nacional de Salud Ocupacional (national institute of occupational health) [Peru] |
| IRPJ | Imposto de Renda Pessoa Jurídica (rent tax for mines) |
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| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
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| LAGESA | Laboratorio Geotécnica S.A. [Peru] |
| LDC | least-developed country |
| LME | London Metal Exchange |
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| MC | marginal cost of pollution |
| MEM | Ministerio de Energía y Minas (ministry of energy and mines) [Peru] |
| MERN | Mining and Environment Research Network |
| MRN | Mineraçao Rio do Norte [Brazil] |
| MSB | marginal social benefits |
| MSC | marginal social costs |
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| NAAQS | National Ambient Air Quality Standards [EPA] |
| NEPA | National Environmental Protection Act [United States] |
| NIE | newly industrialized economy |
| NSO | Non-ferrous Smelter Order |
| NSPS | New Source Performance Standards [EPA] |
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| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| ONERN | Oficina Nacional de Evaluación de Recursos Naturales (national office for the evaluation of natural resources) [Peru] |
| OSW | Office of Solid Waste [EPA] |
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| PAMA | Programa de Adecuación y Manejo Ambiental (environmental-management and adequation program) [Peru] |
| PDC | Policy Dialogue Committee [EPA] |
| PRDA | plan for recovering degraded area |
| PUCP | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Catholic University of Peru) |
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| R&D | research and development |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [United States] |
| RIMA | relatório de impacto ambiental (environmental-impact report) |
| RTZ | Kennecott Corporation |
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| SERNAGEOMIN | Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (national geological and mining service) [Chile] |
| SIMSA | San Ignacio de Morococha [Peru] |
| SIP | State Implementation Plan [United States] |
| SISNAMA | Systema Nacional de Meio Ambiente (national system for the environment) [Brazil] |
| SMCRA | Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act [United Steates] |
| SNIEE | Sindicato Nacional da Indústria de Extração do Estanho (national union of the tin-mining industry) |
| SPCC | Southern Peru Copper Company |
| SXEW | solvent extractionelectrowinning |
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| TQC | total quality control |
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| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNI | Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería (national university of engineering) [Peru] |
| USBM | United States Bureau of Mines |
| USD | United States dollar(s) |
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| WGA | Western Governors Association [United States] |
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