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Proceedings of the International Conference on Mine Closure, 2011
Transalta’s Whitewood Mine is one of three TransAlta-owned surface coal mines. It is located north of Lake Wabamun, about 70 kilometres (43 miles) west of Edmonton, Alberta, and has been in operation since 1962. The mine is in the final stages of closure after almost 50 years of operation. To date, approximately 1665 hectares of post-disturbed land has
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PROGRAM FOR MINE CLOSURE

Mineral Resources Engineering, 2001
The mining company is ultimately responsible for impacts resulting from its mining activities. This responsibility does not end with cessation of mining activities but continues till the mining lease is relinquished. This program for a mine closure is intended to assist mining companies in providing effective life-of-the-mine strategies for mine ...
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Planning for closure : Porcupine Gold Mine’s mine closure program

2013
This paper describes the closure program that is underway by Goldcorp Canada Ltd. at their Porcupine Gold Mines (PGM) operation in Timmins, Ontario. As part of the mine property acquisitions, PGM made a corporate commitment to work with the communities and other stakeholders to close out the legacy sites while PGM mines are in operation.
Stevens, C.J. +5 more
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Bell Mine closure plan

2010
A comprehensive Closure Plan was developed for the Bell Mine which ensured minimal post-closure environmental impacts and public safety. Since much of the information required to develop closure scenarios was not available, a major task in the development of the plan was collecting, collating and interpreting factual data from several studies including
McArthur, D. Ross, Gallinger, Ross
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12. responsible consumption
8. economic growth
11. sustainability

6. clean water
15. life on land
mining

9. industry and infrastructure
mining engineering
1. no poverty