Livelihood resilience in mining communities is vital to ensure their sustainability after mine closure; to this end, mines are learning valuable lessons to help local projects and businesses become more self-reliant.
Turning ‘charity projects’ into self-sustaining enterprises, for example, can help mining communities continue to thrive after mines close; success stories are rare to find, but increased focus among sustainability practitioners on co-creating resilient communities increasingly reflect valuable lessons on how to make this happen.
An important focus of good practice in mine closure today is on its social impact, and how a proactive process of social transitioning to closure can make communities more resilient and self-reliant.
SRK Contributors:
Lisl Fair, Ashleigh Maritz, Adel Malebana, Jessica Edwards
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