| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AMMC | Almalyk Mining and Metallurgical Combine |
| ASGM | Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining |
| BEPS | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting |
| BOD | Biological Oxygen Demand |
| BTC | Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan |
| CAHRAs | Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas |
| CbCR | Country-by-Country Reporting |
| CIM | Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum Definition Standards for Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves |
| CIT | Corporate Income Tax |
| CKU | China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway |
| CMA | Critical Minerals Association |
| COD | Chemical Oxygen Demand |
| CO₂ | Carbon dioxide |
| CRIRSCO | Committee for Mineral Reserves International Reporting Standards |
| CRMs | Critical Raw Materials |
| CSR | Corporate and Social Responsibility |
| CUP | Comparable Uncontrolled Price |
| DO | Dissolved Oxygen |
| DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EDD | Enhanced Due Diligence |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EITI | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
| ERG | Eurasian Resources Group |
| ERMA | European Raw Materials Alliance |
| ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
| ETS | Emissions Trading System |
| ETMs | Energy Transition Metals |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro (€) |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| FIC | Uzbekistan’s Foreign Investors Council |
| GDL | Good Delivery List |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GHG | Greenhouse gases |
| GISTM | Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management |
| GKZ | State Commission for Mineral Reserves (Russia) |
| GPP | Green Public Procurement |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IGF | The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| ITID | OECD Investment Tax Incentives Database |
| IWiM | International Women in Mining initiative |
| JORC | Australasian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves |
| KAZRC | Kazakhstan’s Code for the Public Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves |
| KyrRC | Kyrgyz Republic’s CRIRSCO-aligned reporting system |
| kWh | Kilowatt-hour |
| LBMA | London Bullion Market Association |
| MAAC | Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters |
| MNE | Multinational Enterprise |
| MRV | Monitoring, Reporting and Verification |
| NAP BHR | National Action Plan for Business and Human Rights |
| NCP | National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contribution |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NGS | National Geological Survey |
| NMMC | Navoi Mining and Metallurgical Combine |
| NZE | Net-Zero Emissions |
| OEC | Observatory of Economic Complexity |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD TPG | OECD’s Transfer Pricing Guidelines |
| OIT | Offshore indirect transfer |
| PCT | The Platform for Collaboration on Tax |
| PERC | Pan European Reserves and Resources Reporting Committee |
| PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
| RBC | Responsible Business Conduct |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEA | Strategic Environmental Assessment |
| SIA | Social Impact Assessment |
| SOE | State-owned enterprise |
| SSU | Subsoil and Subsoil Use |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
| TCTC | Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor |
| TDS | Total Dissolved Solids |
| TIWB | Tax Inspectors Without Borders |
| TSF | Tailings Storage Facility |
| WPI | Water Pollution Index |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNFC | United Nations Framework Classification for Resources |
| US | United States |
| USD | US Dollar ($) |
| UzTMK | Uzbekistan Technological Metals Complex |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |
| WPI | Water Pollution Index |
Advancing Security and Transparency for the Governance of Critical Raw Materials in Central Asia
