Brazilian Association of Technical Norms
National Mining Agency (Agência Nacional de Mineração)
National Health Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária)
Artisanal, small-scale mining
Australian Dollar
Brazilian Real
Economic Defence Management Board, Brazil (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica)
General Registry of Employed and Unemployed (Cadastro Geral de Empregados e Desempregados)
Centre of Mineral Technology, Brazil (Centro de Tecnologia Mineral)
Financial Compensation for the Exploration of Mineral Resources (Compensação Financeira pela Exploração de Recursos Minerais)
National Council of Water Resources (Consehlo Nacional de Recursos Hídricos)
Council of Australian Governments
Chilean Copper Commission
Chilean National Copper Corporation
National Commission on Better Regulation (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria)
Geological Survey of Brazil (Serviço Geológico do Brasil)
Department of Energy and Mining, South Australia
Federal District (Distrito Federal)
General Directorate of Mining Development, Mexico (Dirección General de Desarrollo Minero)
General Directorate of Mines, Mexico (Dirección General de Minas)
Environmental Impact Statement
National Department of Mineral Production (Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral)
Environmental Impact Assessment
National Mining Enterprise, Chile
National School of Public Administration (Escola Nacional de Administração Pública)
Environmental Protection Authority, South Australia
Mining Development Trust, Mexico (Fideicomiso de Fomento Minero)
National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil (Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico)
National Envieronmental Fund, Brazil (Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente)
Free on board
Gross Domestic Product
Gravity-Urgency-Tendency
Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Médio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis)
Information and Communication Technologies
National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía)
Annual Budget Law, Brazil (Lei Orçamentária Anual)
Mineral Development Network Platform
Ministry of Economy (Ministério da Economia)
Ministry of Mines and Energy (Ministério de Minas e Energia)
Memorandum of Understanding
Mexican Peso
Brazilian Norm (Norma Brasileira)
Mexican Offical Standards (Norma Oficial Mexicana)
Mexican Standards (Norma Mexicana)
New South Wales
New South Wales Resource Regulator, Australia
Annual Plan for Internal Audits (Plano Annual de Auditoria Interna)
Mining and Development Programme (Programa Mineração e Desenvolvimento)
Federal Environmental Protection Agency, Mexico (Procuraduria Federal de Protección al Ambiente)
Network for the Articulation of Regulatory Agencies, Brazil (Rede de Articulação das Agências Reguladoras)
Annual Report of Social Information (Relação Annual de Informações Sociais)
Annual Mining Report (Relatório Annual de Lavra)
Environmental Qualifications Resolutions
Regulatory Impact Assessment (Análise de Impacto Regulatório)
Periodic Review of Dam Safety (Revisão Periódica de Segurança de Barragem)
Ministry of Economy, Mexico (Secretaría de Economía)
Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales)
National Service of Geology and Mines, Chile
Mexican Geological Service (Servicio Geológico Mexicano)
Porcess Control (Sistema de Controle de Processos do DNPM)
Integrated System for the Management of Mining Dams Safety (Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Segurança de Barragens de Mineração)
Annual Tax per Hectare (Taxa Annual por Hectare)
National Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União)
Self-rescue zone