Abstract
Leading Practice Handbooks, Mine Closure and changes to the existing paradigm of Minerals Extraction (2018).
During 2014-2016 the Australian Government completed a major revision of the 2006 Mine Closure and Completion handbook, new versions of this and 16 other Leading Practice Sustainable Development Programme (LPSDP) handbooks were uploaded and made available in September 2016. Harley and Kim Bennett with contributions from 13 other highly competent and expert sub authors, provided the Mine Closure handbook. The original document went through a thorough gap analysis, with the intention being to close these gaps and to bring advancing paradigms and ideas from a rapidly evolving industry into the guideline – so that the guide truly represents current leading practice.
We will focus is three major aspects of change reflected in the updated handbook;
Leading Practice Handbooks, Mine Closure and changes to the existing paradigm of Minerals Extraction (2018).
During 2014-2016 the Australian Government completed a major revision of the 2006 Mine Closure and Completion handbook, new versions of this and 16 other Leading Practice Sustainable Development Programme (LPSDP) handbooks were uploaded and made available in September 2016. Harley and Kim Bennett with contributions from 13 other highly competent and expert sub authors, provided the Mine Closure handbook. The original document went through a thorough gap analysis, with the intention being to close these gaps and to bring advancing paradigms and ideas from a rapidly evolving industry into the guideline – so that the guide truly represents current leading practice.
We will focus is three major aspects of change reflected in the updated handbook;
- ‘post-closure management’ recognising the need for this activity prior to relinquishment to the next land use,
- integrating mine closure planning and practice into the business operating models of the industry, and
- the “Resource Legacy”, and the recognition of the necessary interaction and consultation with the community regarding legacy issues, as the cyclical nature of mining and subsequent responsibilities in managing that legacy is often the most contentious for pre-existing communities clustered around closed mines.
Presentation
Leading Practice Handbooks, Mine Closure and changes to the existing paradigm of Minerals Extraction (2018)
Presented on 12th April 2018 at the 8th Annual Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference (2018)
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