Minerals and Mining Publications

Natural Resources Canada offers a wide range of publications and reports on minerals and mining. These include analyses, case studies, infographics, maps and policies.

Most recent publications

• Local Procurement Checklist to Support Indigenous Procurement in Mining – The Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (published March 2024) (PDF, 17.8 MB)
• Community Guidance to Support Indigenous Procurement in Mining – The Canadian Minerals and Metals Plan (published March 2024) (PDF, 5.6 MB)
• 10 key facts on Canada's minerals sector (published July 2024) (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• Capital expenditures information bulletin (published July 2024)
• Canadian mineral exploration information bulletin (published June 2024)
• Critical minerals interactive map (published February 2024)
• Minerals and mining interactive map (published February 2024)
• Canadian Mineral Exploration Infographic (published February 2024) (PDF, 525 kB)
• Map of the Top 100 Mineral Exploration Projects (published February 2024) (PDF, 4 MB)
• Canadian Mining Assets Infographics (published February 2024) (PDF, 11 MB)
• Canadian mining assets information bulletin (published January 2024)

Publications by theme

Indigenous participation

• Good practices in community engagement and readiness, second edition (PDF, 9 MB)
• Agreements between mining companies and Aboriginal communities or governments (PDF, 1.15 MB)
• Exploration and mining guide for Aboriginal communities (PDF, 4.8 MB)
• Mining Essentials: Work Readiness Training for Indigenous Peoples (Mining Industry Human Resources Council) Aboriginal participation in mining newsletter (PDF, 1.05 MB)
• Indigenous mining agreements interactive map
• Trainer’s manual: Exploration and mining guide for Aboriginal communities (PDF, 4.57 MB)
• Wabun Tribal Council (PDF, 317.43 kB)

Infographics

• 10 key facts on Canada's minerals sector (published July 2024) (PDF, 2.5 MB)
• Canadian mineral exploration infographic (published February 2024) (PDF, 525 kB)
• Canadian mining assets infographic (published February 2024) (PDF, 4 MB)

Maps

• Critical minerals interactive map
• Minerals and mining interactive map
• Indigenous mining agreements interactive map
• Map 900A: Principal mineral areas, producing mines, and oil and gas fields in Canada
• Map of the top 100 mineral exploration projects (published February 2024) (PDF, 4 MB)

Minerals and metals sector analysis and statistics

• Capital expenditures information bulletin (published July 2024)
• Canadian mineral exploration information bulletin (published June 2024)
• Canadian mining assets information bulletin (published January 2024)
• Mineral trade information bulletin (published September 2023)
• Minerals and metals facts
• Critical minerals
• Mining data, statistics and analysis
• Mining and mineral resource development in Canada
• Enabling clean energy applications with Canadian minerals and metals information bulletin, March 2017 (published March 2017)
• Canada’s positive investment climate for mineral capital information bulletin, November 2014 (published January 2015)
• Canadian reserves of selected major metals information bulletin, March 2014 (published May 2014)
• Historical commodity information (Minerals and metals facts books, Commodity reviews and Canadian minerals yearbooks)

Mining and mineral technology

• Assessment of laboratory performance with CCRMP certified reference materials (PDF, 164 kB)
• Corrosion conditions in the path of bitumen from well to wheel
• Comparison of corrosivity of crude oils using rotating cage
• Comparison of the corrosivity of dilbit and conventional crude
• Documentation of key findings of the workshop on barriers to green mining innovation in Canada
• Evaluation of ecological risks and benefits of revegetation of the Thetford Mines - phase 1 - interim report 1 – literature review
• Evaluation of ecological risks and benefits of revegetation of the Thetford Mines - phase 1 - final report
• Mineralogical characterization of near-surface tailings materials produced from chrysotile mining in the Thetford Mines Area, Quebec
• Regulatory barrier identification and analysis
• Tailings management at NRCan (PDF, 382 kB)
• Compendium of tailings management (PDF, 988 kB)
• Literature review to assess the relevance of outcome-based regulations to innovation
• CanmetMINING research plan 2016-2021 (PDF, 1.94 MB) (published December 2016)

Mining sector performance reports

• Mining sector performance report

Partnership agreements case studies

• Diavik Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories
• Ekati Mine, Northwest Territories
• Musselwhite Mine, Ontario
• Orca Sand and Gravel Project, British Columbia
• Raglan Mine, Quebec
• Vale Inco, Newfoundland and Labrador

Policy

• Mining policy
• A federally coordinated review of federal environmental regulations (PDF, 768 kB)
• Building the Canadian advantage: A CSR strategy for the international extractive sector
• Exploration and mining in Canada: An investor’s brief (PDF, 2.06 MB)
• Exploration and mining in Canada: An investor’s brief, Mandarin edition (published September 2016)
• Facilitating responsible mineral and energy development: Compendium of case studies on building public confidence in the mineral and energy resource sectors (PDF, 1.7 MB) (published August 2016)
• Federal-provincial-territorial review of environmental regulations affecting mining in Canada (PDF, 642 kB)
• Key factors for environmental assessment/regulatory success in Canada’s mining and energy sectors (PDF, 411 kB)
• Memorandum of understanding between the Department of Natural Resources of Canada and the Secretariat of Economy of the United Mexican States on collaboration in sustainable mineral resource development (published February, 2017)
• Mineral and metal policy issues: From mineral resources to manufactured products: Toward a value-added mineral and metal strategy for Canada (PDF, 737 kB)
• Mineral and metal policy issues: Value-added challenges in the minerals products industry: Government/industry partnerships, summary of consultations (PDF, 206 kB)
• National workshop on environmental regulations affecting the mining sector (PDF, 572 kB)
• Public confidence along the mineral development cycle (published August 2016)
• Regulatory improvement initiatives across Canada (PDF, 517 kB)
• Terms of reference: Mineral and energy resource assessment of proposed national parks in Northern Canada (PDF, 124 kB)
• The minerals and metals policy of the Government of Canada (PDF, 216 kB)
• The pan-Canadian mining research and innovation strategy: Strengthening the competitiveness of a responsible Canadian mining industry through excellence in research, innovation and commercialization (PDF, 363 kB)
• Whitehorse mining initiative

Taxation

• Mining taxation
• Taxation of mineral income 2012: How Canada compares information bulletin (June 2011)
• Taxation issues for the mining industry: 2010 update (PDF, 220 kB)