| Organizations and Acronyms | |
| Air Pollution Control Association (APCA) | |
| American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) | |
| American Chemical Society (ACS) | |
| American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) | |
| American Electrochemical Society (AES) | |
| American Electromechanical Society (AES) | |
| American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society (AESF) | |
| American Foundrymen's Association (AFA) | |
| American Foundrymen's Society (AFS) | |
| American Gas Association (AGA) | |
| American Geological Institute (AGI) | |
| American Heritage Center (AHC) | |
| American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) | |
| American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) | |
| American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc. (AIME) | |
| American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) | |
| American National Standards Institute (ANSI) (U.S. rep. to ISO) | |
| American Petroleum Institute (API) | |
| American Public Health Association (APHA) | |
| American Society for Metals (ASM) | |
| American Society for Testing & Materials (ASTM) | |
| American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) | |
| American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) | |
| American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) | |
| Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries (AIOEC) | |
| Bituminous Coal Institute (BCI) | |
| Bituminous Coal Operators' Association (BCOA) | |
| Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology (CANMET) | |
| Canada Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum (CIM) | |
| Central Selling Organization (CSO) | |
| Commission of the European Communities (CEC) | |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) | |
| Conseil Intergouvernemental des Pays Exportateurs de Cuivre (CIPEC) | |
| Coordinating Research Council (CRC) | |
| Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) | |
| Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) | |
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | |
| EROS Data Center (EROS) | |
| European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | |
| European Union (EU) | |
| European Free Trade Association (EFTA) | |
| Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) | |
| General Services Administration (GSA) | |
| Geological Society of America (GSA) | |
| GeoRef Information Services (GeoRef) | |
| Geoscience Information Society (GIS) | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute (IITRI) | |
| Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) | |
| Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques (INERIS) | |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | |
| Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) | |
| Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) | |
| Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (IMM) | |
| Instrument Society of America (ISA) | |
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) | |
| International Copper Study Group (ICSG) | |
| International Energy Agency (IEA) | |
| International Labor Organization (ILO) | |
| International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) | |
| International Nickel Study Group (INSG) | |
| International Organization for Standardization (ISO) | |
| International Tin Council (ITC) (defunct) | |
| International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) | |
| International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) | |
| Joint Army-Navy-Air Force (JANAF) | |
| Lawrence Livermore Laboratories (LLL) | |
| Manufacturing Chemists Association (MCA) | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) | |
| Minerals Management Service (MMS) | |
| National Academy of Sciences (NAS) | |
| National Coal Board (U.K.) (NCB) | |
| National Independent Coal Operators Association (NICOA) | |
| National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) | |
| National Institute of Health (NIH) | |
| National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) | |
| National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) | |
| National Mine Rescue Association (NMRA) | |
| National Petrochemical and Refiners Association (NPRA) | |
| National Petroleum Association (NPA) | |
| National Research Council (NRC) | |
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | |
| National Stone Association (NSA) | |
| National Technical Information Service (NTIS) | |
| Northwest Mining Association (NWMA) | |
| Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) | |
| Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) | |
| Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) | |
| Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | |
| Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) | |
| Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) | |
| Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) | |
| Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) | |
| Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME) | |
| Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) | |
| Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) | |
| Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) | |
| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) | |
| The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society (TMS) | |
| U.S. International Trade Commission Division of Minerals and Metals | |
| United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) | |
| United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTD) | |
| United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) | |
| United States Bureau of Mines (USBM) | |
| United States Geological Survey (USGS) | |
| United Steelworkers of America (USWA) | |