Acid Rain Controls and the Economics of the Canadian Nonferrous Mineral Industry: Proceedings of the Ninth CRS Policy Discussion Seminar, February 15-17, 1982, Kingston, Ontario

J.G. Reade was Librarian of the Dalhousie Ocean Studies Programme, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

CRS policy seminars are intended to provide a meeting ground for persons from industry, government, labour, and the universities and an opportunity to exchange knowledge and opinions on topics of current interest.

The topic of acid rain maintains its interest to both professionals and the general public, and policies to control the emissions that cause acid precipitation have considerable bearing on the economic status of the Canadian mineral industry.

The papers of this seminar (on control strategies, smelter controls, metals and mineral processing, the phosphate fertilizer industry and world sulphur markets, and sulphuric acid) and the discussions which followed record the different perspectives of environmental officials and industry representatives. They also reveal the information gap and communication gap that exist between the policy-makers and those required to comply with policies.