| ABNT | Brazilian Association of Technical Norms |
| ANM | National Mining Agency (Agência Nacional de Mineração) |
| ANVISA | National Health Regulatory Agency (Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária) |
| ASM | Artisanal, small-scale mining |
| AUD | Australian Dollar |
| BRL | Brazilian Real |
| CADE | Economic Defence Management Board, Brazil (Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica) |
| CAGED | General Registry of Employed and Unemployed (Cadastro Geral de Empregados e Desempregados) |
| CETEM | Centre of Mineral Technology, Brazil (Centro de Tecnologia Mineral) |
| CFEM | Financial Compensation for the Exploration of Mineral Resources (Compensação Financeira pela Exploração de Recursos Minerais) |
| CNRH | National Council of Water Resources (Consehlo Nacional de Recursos Hídricos) |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| COCHILCO | Chilean Copper Commission |
| CODELCO | Chilean National Copper Corporation |
| CONAMER | National Commission on Better Regulation (Comisión Nacional de Mejora Regulatoria) |
| CPRM | Geological Survey of Brazil (Serviço Geológico do Brasil) |
| DEM | Department of Energy and Mining, South Australia |
| DF | Federal District (Distrito Federal) |
| DGDM | General Directorate of Mining Development, Mexico (Dirección General de Desarrollo Minero) |
| DGM | General Directorate of Mines, Mexico (Dirección General de Minas) |
| DIA | Environmental Impact Statement |
| DNPM | National Department of Mineral Production (Departamento Nacional de Produção Mineral) |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ENAMI | National Mining Enterprise, Chile |
| ENAP | National School of Public Administration (Escola Nacional de Administração Pública) |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Authority, South Australia |
| FIFOMI | Mining Development Trust, Mexico (Fideicomiso de Fomento Minero) |
| FNDCT | National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil (Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico) |
| FNMA | National Envieronmental Fund, Brazil (Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente) |
| FOB | Free on board |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GUT | Gravity-Urgency-Tendency |
| IBAMA | Brazilian Institute of Environment and Natural Renewable Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Médio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis) |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technologies |
| INEGI | National Institute of Statistics and Geography, Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía) |
| LOA | Annual Budget Law, Brazil (Lei Orçamentária Anual) |
| MDNP | Mineral Development Network Platform |
| ME | Ministry of Economy (Ministério da Economia) |
| MME | Ministry of Mines and Energy (Ministério de Minas e Energia) |
| MoU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MXN | Mexican Peso |
| NBR | Brazilian Norm (Norma Brasileira) |
| NOM | Mexican Offical Standards (Norma Oficial Mexicana) |
| NMX | Mexican Standards (Norma Mexicana) |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NSW-RR | New South Wales Resource Regulator, Australia |
| PAINT | Annual Plan for Internal Audits (Plano Annual de Auditoria Interna) |
| PMD | Mining and Development Programme (Programa Mineração e Desenvolvimento) |
| PROFEPA | Federal Environmental Protection Agency, Mexico (Procuraduria Federal de Protección al Ambiente) |
| Radar | Network for the Articulation of Regulatory Agencies, Brazil (Rede de Articulação das Agências Reguladoras) |
| RAIS | Annual Report of Social Information (Relação Annual de Informações Sociais) |
| RAL | Annual Mining Report (Relatório Annual de Lavra) |
| RCA | Environmental Qualifications Resolutions |
| RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment (Análise de Impacto Regulatório) |
| RPSB | Periodic Review of Dam Safety (Revisão Periódica de Segurança de Barragem) |
| SE | Ministry of Economy, Mexico (Secretaría de Economía) |
| SEMARNAT | Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico (Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) |
| SERNAGEOMIN | National Service of Geology and Mines, Chile |
| SGM | Mexican Geological Service (Servicio Geológico Mexicano) |
| SICOP | Porcess Control (Sistema de Controle de Processos do DNPM) |
| SIGBM | Integrated System for the Management of Mining Dams Safety (Sistema Integrado de Gestão de Segurança de Barragens de Mineração) |
| TAH | Annual Tax per Hectare (Taxa Annual por Hectare) |
| TCU | National Court of Accounts (Tribunal de Contas da União) |
| ZAS | Self-rescue zone |