Mine Closure and Rehabilitation
About this course

Overview

Closure is cheapest when it starts long before the last blast. You cover provisioning and costing, progressive rehabilitation while the mine is still running, and the regulatory, environmental and social obligations that decide what leaving responsibly actually means.

What you will be able to do

Learning outcomes

  • Draft a mine closure plan
  • Build a closure cost estimate and provision
  • Schedule progressive rehabilitation activities
  • Manage water and land closure risks
  • Plan post-closure monitoring and handover
What the course sets out to do

Course objectives

  • Develop closure and rehabilitation plans
  • Estimate and provision for closure costs
  • Implement progressive rehabilitation
  • Address environmental closure risks
  • Plan for social and post-closure land use
Course content

Modules

01

Closure planning

Objectives, regulatory drivers, and life-of-mine closure planning.

02

Cost provisioning

Estimating closure liabilities and provisioning over mine life.

03

Progressive rehabilitation

Rehabilitating land concurrently with operations to reduce liability.

04

Environmental closure

Managing water quality, landform, and contamination at closure.

05

Social and land use

Stakeholder expectations and sustainable post-closure land use.

06

Post-closure monitoring

Monitoring, maintenance, and relinquishment after closure.

Who it is for

Target audience

Environmental managers, mine planners, and closure specialists responsible for rehabilitation and closure.

Before you start

Prerequisites

Mine environmental, planning or closure responsibility.

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