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See also other materials on "Mining industry"

Industry-specific guidelines (see also general standards & guidelines in "International standards & guidelines" and "Labour issues: general"):

Cyanide Code of Practice: The Cyanide Management Code is being developed as a voluntary industry code for the gold mining industry under the direction of a multi-stakeholder Steering Committee formed under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Council on Metals and the Environment (ICME).

Principles for the Conduct of Company Operations within the Oil and Gas Industry (Prepared and submitted for discussion by a working group of interested German NGOs / Brot für die Welt [Bread for the World])

Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights [principles for oil and mining companies developed by U.S. and U.K. governments as a result of discussions with companies and non-governmental organisations] (fact sheet released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. Department of State, 20 Dec. 2000)

• Press briefing about Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights by U.S. Department of State (20 Dec. 2000):

• Secretary of State Madeleine Albright

• Harold Koh (Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor), E. Anthony Wayne (Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs) and David Carpenter (Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security)

• Guarding human rights in zones of conflict (International Chamber of Commerce, 2 Feb. 2001)

• Human Rights Principles for Oil and Mining Companies Welcomed: U.S., U.K. Voluntary Principles "a Positive First Step" (Human Rights Watch, 21 Dec. 2000)

• Companies Sign Pact On Human Rights: Conduct in Developing Nations Targeted (Peter Behr, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2000)

• Oil, mining firms adopt human rights principles (Jonathan Wright, Reuters, 20 Dec. 2000)

• Guarding Human Rights in Conflict Zones (sponsored section of the International Herald Tribune [sponsored by the International Chamber of Commerce], 25 Jan. 2001)