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Investment
Activities and the Minerals and Metals Sector
(See
country-specific activities below.)
The Minerals and
Metals Sector (MMS) of Natural Resources Canada undertakes activities
to:
- encourage investment
in Canada’s domestic minerals and metals sector;
- protect and maximize
the economic benefit to Canada of Canadian mineral operations abroad;
and
- help developing
countries and transitional economies maximize the benefits of their
mineral endowment.
While engaged in
these activities, MMS promotes the concepts of sustainable development
and corporate social responsibility, both of which are key to the long-term
prosperity of the industry.
These activities, undertaken in conjunction with other
departments and agencies, provincial and territorial authorities, and
the private sector, include:
- organizing/participating
in/co-sponsoring investment promotion workshops and seminars;
- highlighting
Canada’s ability to supply a broad range of equipment and services
to the world’s mining community;
- promoting the
benefits of Canada as a centre for raising equity financing for global
mineral development;
- promoting Canadian
advances in mining, mineral processing and related technologies;
- promoting the
positive aspects of mining and the development of "mining-friendly"
regulations and legislation to foreign institutions/governments, thereby
ensuring geological and market access for Canadian mining and mining-service
companies, and the integrity of Canadian exploration and mining projects
abroad; and
- protecting Canadian
mining interests abroad.
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