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Análisis de los efectos ecosistémicos del uso de agua de mar y la desalinización para el abastecimiento hídrico de la minería
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC)
El presente estudio ofrece una visión general del funcionamiento y la aplicación de las desalinizadoras, así como un análisis de sus potenciales efectos en los ecosistemas y paisajes costeros, tomando la situación de Chile como caso de estudio.
Critical Minerals Market Review 2023
International Energy Agency (IEA)

The inaugural edition of the Critical Minerals Market Review provides a major update on the investment, market, technology and policy trends of the critical minerals sector in 2022 and an an initial reading of the emerging picture for 2023.

IRENA GEOPOLITICS OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION CRITICAL MATERIALS
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
The report offers a forward-looking examination of the geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects and implications associated with the anticipated increase in the demand for, and supply of, critical materials.
Lithium Extraction and Industrialization: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)

Lithium is one of the key elements in the energy transition. Until now it has been an essential input in the production of lithium-ion batteries —a key technology for the decarbonization of transport and the storage of energy generated from renewable sources.

EITI Anniversary Report 2023
Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

The EITI Anniversary Report charts the organisation’s journey and progress over the past two decades, demonstrating how the EITI’s disclosure framework has evolved to bring greater transparency across the entire extractive sector value chain through its multi-stakeholder approach. 

Mining Principles
International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM)

Our enhanced Mining Principles strengthen social and environmental requirements, on issues such as labour rights, resettlement, gender, access to grievance mechanisms, mine closure, pollution and waste.

2020 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector
World Bank Group (WBG), Project for Advancing Climate Transparency (PACT)

The report, "2020 State of the Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining Sector," examines artisanal and small-scale mining’s contribution to achieving the SDG8: promote sustained, inclusive, and sustaina

Latin America’s opportunity in critical minerals for the clean energy transition IEA
International Energy Agency (IEA)
Latin America is a major producer of critical minerals for clean energy transitions, with considerable potential to expand its role.
Raw Materials Critical for the Green Transition: Production, International Trade and Export Restrictions image OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
This report provides a first comprehensive assessment of data on production, international trade and export restrictions from the OECD’s Inventory of Export Restrictions on Industrial Raw Materials covering the period 2009-2020. It sheds early light on the impact of export restrictions on raw materials critical for green technologies and discusses possible directions of further work in this area.
Responding to Illegal Mining and Trafficking in Metals and Minerals UNODC
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)
The purpose of the present guide is to support Governments in adopting or improving national legislation related to the prevention, investigation and prosecution of illegal mining and trafficking in metals and minerals, through the legislative framework offered by the Organized Crime Convention.