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Sustainable and responsible mining through sound mine closure
International Journal of Coal Science & Technology, 2023 This paper provides an overview of planning requirements, including regulatory, and implementation approaches for achieving ecologically sound reclamation and restoration of mines upon closure in the USA.
Yoginder P. Chugh +2 more
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The School of Public Policy Publications, 2023 Mining operations leave behind quarries with inhospitable conditions, characterized by steep drop-offs, deep water, flooding and poor drainage, and in some cases, abandoned industrial waste.
Albert Akondo Musando, Freddy Cáceres
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Materials Proceedings, 2021 The closure of surface mines is a complex framework characterized by extended reclamations of post-mining sites towards an environmentally friendly and sustainable land-use system development with beneficial returns to society and the economy.
Philip-Mark Spanidis +2 more
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The levels of disclosure relating to mine closure obligations by platinum mining companies
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2017 Background: Mine closure obligations are economically significant, and the consequences of insufficient mine closure obligations are of public interest.
Joline Sturdy, Christo J. Cronje
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The Indigenous Exchange Forum: transitions in mine closure [PDF]
, 2022 “The Indigenous Exchange Forum: transitions in mine closure” was held on 2–3 November 2021 over Zoom, hosted by the Centre for Social Responsibility in Mining (CSRM) in the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), at The University of Queensland. The Forum
Hudson, Maui +10 more
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Public lies, private looting and the forced closure of Grootvlei Gold Mine, South Africa
The Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2017 Mine closure and acid mine drainage (AMD) are major interrelated challenges facing South Africa’s Witwatersrand gold mines. As a result of mining, the East, West and Central Rand compartments of the Witwatersrand Basin are interconnected, making AMD a ...
Tracey J.M. McKay, Milton Milaras
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The emotional geography of a mine closure: a study of the Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia [PDF]
, 2010 This paper engages with the literature on emotional geographies to report on a case study of the emotions surrounding the closure of a nickel mine in the shire of Ravensthorpe in the south-west of Western Australia in January 2009.
McDonald, Paula K. +6 more
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IEEE Access, 2019 Economic development and population expansion in mining cities have led to a growing scarcity of land for construction and thus the closed mines land reuse is extremely urgent.
Meinan Zheng +4 more
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Mine Sited after Mine Activity: The Brownfields Methodology and Kuzbass Coal Mining Case
Resources, 2019 Operating life of a mine lasts from a few years to several decades. Mine closure occurs once the mineral resource is exhausted, or operations are no longer profitable.
Michal Cehlár +6 more
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, 2021 The objective of this toolbox is to provide policy makers, governmental administrators, and lawmakers with the information needed to develop a broad governance framework that reduces the risks of an improperly managed mining industry and helps ensure successful mine closure.
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