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Beyond Mining: Current Regulations Inadequate to Ensure Social Transitioning After Mine Closure

Jessica Edwards - November 2019

Publication - Article

To ensure a level playing field across the South African mining sector, better guidelines need to be developed to ensure the implementation of sustainable ‘social transitioning’ after mine closure.

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Ligia Nassif Ziviani

 Consultant - Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Ligia has more than 20 years' experience in the environmental sector, working on mining projects (iron, manganese, gold, copper, nickel and zinc) and in industry.

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North America: Giant Mine Closure

SRK Global

Publication - SRK News Article

Fifty years of roasting the arsenic-bearing gold ore at Giant Mine, near Yellowknife, produced 237,000 tonnes of arsenic trioxide dust that was stored underground.

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Borborema Gold Project

Borborema Water Balance Study

Project - Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

SRK developed a Dynamic Water Balance study for the Borborema Gold Project to refine water requirements.

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Geostatistics and Sample Numbers from an Acid and Metalliferous Drainage Perspective

Danny Kentwell, Andrew Garvie, Claire Linklater - October 2016

Publication

Various Australian and international regulatory bodies (Environmental Protection Authority, 2015) require an early assessment of the geochemistry of waste rock.

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Acid Mine Drainage Risk Assessment Utilising Drill - Hole Data and Geological Modelling Tools

Claire Linklater, Alison Hendry, John Chapman - April 2015

Publication - Published Paper

This study has considered available drill-hole data (chemical assays and geological logging information) combined with mine planning information to conduct a high level assessment of the potential for AMD from mined waste storage facilities and within the pit void.

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Jeff Parshley

 Consultant - Reno, USA

Jeff has 40 years of environmental and closure experience in the mining industry.

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How Does Mine Closure Planning Need to Change to Improve Sustainability?

 Video - Presentation

It is something of a paradox that an industry based on the exploitation of finite resources, which are by definition in decline the moment mining begins, has historically struggled to effectively plan for closure.

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Planning for Real-world Practicalities in the Implementation of IPCC or Trolley Assist

 Event - Perth, Western Australia

Examine mine planning principles needed to ensure that IPCC and trolley assist are appropriately evaluated. Even good mine planning is not enough to prepare miners for these technological changes.

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Cerro Matoso Nickel Mine

Hydrogeological Audit and Optimization

Project - Colombia

Use of 3D groundwater modelling to assess hydrogeological data and optimize mine design.

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