Environmental

Australia to pilot Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

BY RACHEL ALEMBAKIS | FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011 7:02AM

The Australian government has agreed to undertake a pilot of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), with Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson announcing that the government will provide AU$12.7m to support EITI's activities.

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