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About Us
The Minerals and Mining Statistics Division (MMSD) is part of the Minerals
and Metals Sector (MMS) of Natural Resources Canada. MMSD is responsible
for the collection, analysis and dissemination of comprehensive statistics
on the Canadian minerals industry describing ore reserves, exploration,
and mineral production and use, and for the conduct, in collaboration
with Statistics Canada and the provincial and territorial governments,
of various surveys of mine complex development and production.
The mandate
of MMSD can be summarized as follows:
- To plan,
conduct and coordinate a range of national surveys (in collaboration
with its partners) to collect, compile, analyze and disseminate high-quality
mineral and mining industry information (including production, use and
exploration);
- To undertake
various other roles including:
- perform
economic and statistical analysis;
- disseminate
the information collected to clients via reports, publications,
etc.; and
- provide
users with access to and use of information through efficient automated
systems.
Our Commitment:
- To cooperate
fully with all provinces and territories in the collection, exchange
and dissemination of statistical information describing the Canadian
mining industry in order to:
- reduce
the response burden;
- increase
operational efficiencies;
- avoid
duplication and overlap;
- simplify
operating procedures; and
- respond
to the needs of our clients/partners.
The Federal-Provincial
Committee on Mineral Statistics addresses and discusses issues related
to the surveys of mineral production, use and exploration, as well as
other issues related to the collection, compilation and dissemination
of mineral statistics in Canada. The Committee works closely with the
industry to improve the statistics-gathering and dissemination processes
and to avoid duplication among participants with respect to the survey
process.
National
surveys include:
Partners
in Surveys:
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