Mine Closure 2012

The series of international mine closure conferences was initiated in 2006 by the Australian Centre for Geomechanics.

The conference series is a well recognised international forum that puts technical excellence first. These events provide industry professionals committed to responsible and sustainable mining with a unique opportunity to interact with their counterparts from different countries, and share ideas and experiences on innovations related to mine closure design, planning and operation.

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Latest news: More than 120 abstracts were received. Click here for a full list of the Accepted Abstracts.

Mine Closure 2012 will bring together these multi-disciplinary industry specialists to share information about innovative mine closure techniques, strategies, processes and products with the goal of minimising environmental and social impacts.

Delegates from Australia and all over the world will be attending Mine Closure 2012 and we are expecting an excellent attendance, particularly given that the Mine Closure 2011 Conference held in Canada in 2011 was fully subscribed with more than 600 mine closure professionals attending.

Conference Themes

· Vegetation establishment for closure (revegetation)

· Soils for mine closure

· Progressive reclamation

· Erosion control

· Unique challenges in mine closure

· Mine closure disparities: failures and lessons learned

· Regulatory issues in mine closure planning and transfer of care & custody

· Financing closure

· Maintenance free or perpetual maintenance?

· Beneficial re-use of mine sites

· Long-term surface and ground water management

· Recent mine closure case studies

· Community engagement in mine closure

· Engineering mine waste cover systems

· Corporate social responsibility

· Mine closure risks and liabilities

· Mine closure wetlands and pit lakes

· Monitoring after mine closure

· Landform design for sustainable closure

· Decommissioning of tailings dams

Who should attend?

· Mine managers

· Mine planners

· Mine engineers

· Environmental scientists

· Reclamation scientists and academics

· Community engagement practitioners

The sixth conference on Mine Closure was held in Canada and attended by 600 mine closure professionals. A two volume proceedings, featuring 124 papers examined reclamation, cover systems, case studies, risk, corporate and community responsibilities, finances, monitoring, and management.

To order, please visit the ACG Shop.

This 183 page book is a concise summary of the considerable body of mine pit lake knowledge and experience and provides mining engineers and those responsible for mine closure and management a one-stop reference. It is applicable to underground and surface mining operations. To purchase this and other publications please visit the ACG Shop.

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