Minerals – Audit Reports

EI Value Chain

1 – Legal Framework

Description	Theme	Country	Year	Language
Federal Land Management: The Mining Law of 1872 Needs Revision	Performance	U.S.A	1989	English
Natural Resources and Environment: Mining Law Reform and Balanced Resource Management	Performance	U.S.A	1978	English

2 – Surveying and Data Management

Description	Theme	Country	Year	Language
Rare Earth Minerals in the Defense Supply Chain	Performance	U.S.A	2010	English
Strategic and Critical Minerals and Materials, Statement Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Minerals Resources of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources	Performance	U.S.A	1982	English
Actions Needed to Promote a Stable Supply of Strategic and Critical Minerals and Materials	Performance	U.S.A	1982	English

3 – Award of contracts and licenses

Description	Theme	Country	Year	Language
Coal Leasing: BLM Could Enhance Appraisal Process, More Explicitly Consider Coal Exports, and Provide More Public Information	Performance	U.S.A	2014	English

4 – Monitoring of Operations

Description	Theme	Country	Year	Language
Hardrock Mining: BLM Needs to Revise Its Systems for Assessing the Adequacy of Financial Assurances	Performance	U.S.A	2012	English
Hardrock Mining: BLM Needs to Better Manage Financial Assurances to Guarantee Coverage of Reclamation Costs	Performance	U.S.A	2005	English
Uranium Mining: Opportunities Exist to Improve Oversight of Financial Assurances	Performance	U.S.A	2012	English
Phosphate Mining: Oversight Has Strengthened, but Financial Assurances and Coordination Still Need Improvement	Performance	U.S.A	2012	English

5 – Collection of Revenue

Description	Theme	Country	Year	Language
Comprehensive Financial audit of revenues on the oil and mineral sector	Financial, Compliance	Niger	2010	French
Coal Mining Royalties	Performance	Australia	2010	English
Mineral Resources: Mineral Volume, Value, and Revenue	Performance	U.S.A	2013	English
Hardrock Mining: Information on State Royalties and Trends in Mineral Imports and Exports	Performance	U.S.A	2008	English
Mineral Royalties: Royalties in the Western States and in Major Mineral-Producing Countries	Performance	U.S.A	1993	English

6 – Revenue Management and Allocation

Description	Theme	Country	Year	Language
Comprehensive Financial audit of revenues on the oil and mineral sector	Financial, Compliance	Niger	2010	French
Bureau of Land Management: Improvements Needed in Internal Controls of Mining Law Administration Program Funds	Performance	U.S.A	2015	English

7 – Implementation of Sustainable Policies

Description	Theme	Country	Year	Language
National arrangement of mining mineral resources used in construction	Performance	Estonia	2009	English
Hazardous Waste: Agencies Should Take Steps to Improve Information on USDA’s and Interior’s Potentially Contaminated Sites	Performance	U.S.A	2015	English
Uranium Contamination: Overall Scope, Time Frame, and Cost Information Is Needed for Contamination Cleanup on the Navajo Reservation	Performance	U.S.A	2014	English
Hardrock Mining: Information on Abandoned Mines and Value and Coverage of Financial Assurances on BLM Land	Performance	U.S.A	2008	English
Environmental Liabilities: Hardrock mining Cleanup Obligations	Performance	U.S.A	2006	English
Environmental Liabilities: EPA Should Do More to Ensure That Liable Parties Meet Their Cleanup Obligations	Performance	U.S.A	2005	English