To improve safety, mitigate risks, and create a state of readiness for any eventuality among internal and external stakeholders related to tailings facilities, mines are developing comprehensive knowledge bases that integrate insights from multiple disciplines.
This interdisciplinary approach is key to complying with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM) and to developing and using a knowledge base to guide decisions, according to SRK Consulting senior environmental scientist Kavandren Moodley.
''Principle 2 of the GISTM specifically requires mines to develop an interdisciplinary knowledge base, while Principle 3 specifies that all elements of that knowledge base - social, environmental, local economic, and technical - must be considered in decision-making throughout the tailings facility's life cycle,'' said Moodley. He emphasised that risk mitigation decisions must respect the rights of project-affected people - which involves meaningful engagement on an ongoing basis through to closure.
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