CANADA'S MINING INDUSTRY
- 1,373: Number of mining companies listed on the TSX (2007)
- 79 billion (valued at $482 billion): Number of mining shares traded on the TSX (2007)
- 43%: Percentage of total world mining exploration attributed to Canadian mining companies
- 60%: Percentage of world's mining companies registered in Canada
- $21 billion (U.S.): Total value of Canadian mining companies' assets in Africa
- 20%: Percentage of the total Canadian-owned African mining assets located in the war-ravaged Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- 193: Number of registered mining lobbyists in Canada as of Nov. 3, 2009
- 30: Number of countries where Canadian mining companies have allegedly violated human rights
- 0: Number of Canadian laws that regulate mining companies abroad
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